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by pjc50 1028 days ago
There's a lot more of it, and it's a big burden on small businesses, but it lacks the flamboyant craziness of the worst excesses of US regulation.

Also the EU does not regulate urban planning at all, that's all local.

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The EU however has protected areas like all the "Natura 2000" areas and these, probably, aren't going away anytime soon:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_Natura_2000

These are huge: 30 000 sites and 18% of the surface of the EU.

If you don't want a high-rise to appear in your view, your best bet is to rent/buy right next to a Natura 2000 (both land and sea) wildlife protected land.

I'm typing this right now from France, rural area, with a Natura 2000 area right in front of me (I'm one of the last houses before the area starts).

And for my place in Luxembourg it's exactly the same: I picked a spot with another Natura 2000 protected area (land only) walking distance from my apartment.

I understand many want a world made of concrete only so that we can pack hundreds of billions of humans on earth... But I find the current trajectory miserable and I pick nature any day over concrete.

Wife and I decided to have one kid, we did our part to save mother earth.

And, no, you're not building a high-rise in my Natura 2000 wildlife protected area.