[edgyquant]

You should clarify “in SF” since this isn’t true for the actual history of residential zoning (which originated in New York)

[mherdeg]

Gosh, growing up near Cleveland I always thought zoning "started" in Euclid Heights. I guess there are lots of different firsts?

[leviathant]

Feels a bit like the oddly pervasive "Our city is x on the top 10 list of places Russia would nuke first because of local industry y" myth that existed in places all across America.

[Phrenzy]

Imagine the post WWIII disappointment while walking around your pristine neighborhood.

"Nobody thought enough about us to want to eliminate us."

[stonogo]

Berkeley legislated residential zoning four months before New York did.

[astrange]

Well, this article is about the Bay Area.