[CaptainZapp]

Where exactly is the strawman?

Parent made argument that zoning is the whole problem, is bad and entrenches home owners.

I provided two - albeit extreme - examples, why zoning is important.

Methinks that the consequences of the libertarian arguments of DAMN REGULATION! are quite often rather badly thought through. And that's what I wanted to point out.

Don't want to live near a tannery? Then you probably should be careful, when arguing for the abolishment of zoning and building regulations.

[Macross8299]

It's a strawman because you are pretending that arguing for less restrictions on residential zoning (allowing the construction of more housing) is equivalent to arguing that distinctions between residential/business zoning shouldn't exist at all.

I can argue for more apartment blocks to be built without necessarily arguing for less regulations on the locations of brothers and hog farms.

[emblaegh]

> Where exactly is the strawman?

> Parent made argument that zoning is the whole problem

Did I though? Or that did I made the argument that some of the zoning regulations contribute to the problem of housing markets being inefficient (which is a subset of the whole affordable housing problem)?