@voximperatoris @socialjusticemunchkin @argumate and everyone else in the conversation on zoning laws and libertarianism:
A big part of this is that there are heavy transaction costs and network effects implicit in any attempt to move to a better city. It’s not like buying a car where I can just decide that my current one is a piece of junk and get something more reliable. I’m looking to build a lifelong home, ideally, and if I were to have kids I would potentially want to build a multigenerational home. I also want to live near my friends, etc. I’m not exactly sure how this all works out (maybe it ends up being an argument in favor of libertarianism, even) but I don’t see it talked about a whole lot.
I’m not expecting the transition to the hypothetical utopia to work in reality, unless you’re willing to move to the bottom of the sea or something. Laissez-faireizing existing cities to be less restrictive on zoning (something like the japanese approach, combined with simple height limits of 45° from the opposite edge of the streets as a default, instead of horrible euclidian bullshit) is the pragmatic approach. Dirty and disgusting, but pragmatic.
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