>The answer is to build. Build more fucking housing, just like Nolan says. But the answer is also to zone: To take away land-use decisions from neighborhoods
that is where the statement should end, Take away land-use decisions from neighborhoods, and put them in the hands of property owners, if a developer wants to build something on land they legally acquired, then they should be free to do so even if the neighbors do not like it
That's completely idiotic. Communities are completely within their right to dictate terms of their community. If prospective owners don't like the rules, they shouldn't purchase.
If the rules are put in place pre-sale, with the agreement of the owners wishing to sell sure..
My problem is that communities change the rules with out the consent of the property owners. I do not believe in Democracy, I do not believe that 50.1% of a community has the ethical right to impose rules on the other 49.9% of a community
>The answer is to build. Build more fucking housing, just like Nolan says. But the answer is also to zone: To take away land-use decisions from neighborhoods
that is where the statement should end, Take away land-use decisions from neighborhoods, and put them in the hands of property owners, if a developer wants to build something on land they legally acquired, then they should be free to do so even if the neighbors do not like it