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0 pointsastrange3y ago0 comments

Luckily we don't have to argue about abstractions since we can just go look at land use.

I do think a lot of people want to keep single family zoning because they think it makes their properties more valuable but 1. historical segregation is part of that and 2. if your home price goes up, that only makes you richer as long as you don't want to buy any other homes that've also gone up.

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chung81233y ago

People want single family zoning because they enjoy it more. People wanting single family housing is what makes it valuable not the single family housing itself.

fragmede3y ago

But also people want single family housing because US made apartments are complete shit. They're poorly insulated to heat and sound which means all sorts of unnecessary interaction with your immediate neighbors, making apartment living that much worse, driving the demand of single family housing up.

astrangeOP3y ago

If people wanted single family housing that bad they wouldn't have to mandate it via zoning.

Sounds like they should change the building code instead.

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lotsoweiners3y ago

Yeah exactly. While I obviously care about my property value, my interest is in living amongst other property owning families.

amanaplanacanal3y ago

Does zoning do that though? A single family home could be occupied by a renter or a homeowner, the same as a condo.

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