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by Pxtl 1458 days ago
> Zoning allows people to choose the type of neighborhood they want to live in.

Considering the massive shortage of housing in overly-micromanaged zoning areas, it has monumentally failed at this.
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dasv 1458 days ago
Fixed it:

> Zoning allows people _with enough money_ to choose the type of neighbourhood they want to live in.

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NonNefarious 1458 days ago
That's right. You're not ENTITLED to beachfront property or a penthouse in Manhattan.

Ruining neighborhoods for developers' profits isn't going to change that. The "abolish zoning" fraud WORSENS the economic divide by turning the entire country into renters.

Think it through.

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NonNefarious 1458 days ago
I love the caterwauling about a "shortage," as if everyone is entitled to move into an area and live on top of the people who are already there... who chose to live there because of the type of neighborhood it is.

Manhattan is full. The USA as a whole is not. Go live somewhere else.

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