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		davidw on Dec 22, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bay Area Regional Planner: The Board Game I read Yglesias' "The Rent is Too Damn High" book and liked it ( http://amzn.to/1Zo1TEj ) but it seemed a bit "high-level". I wonder if there are other examples of places that have significantly looser zoning, besides Houston, that actually look like attractive places to live? Houston is not my cup of tea. Also, how does that really work out in practice - can I buy a house in a residential neighborhood and open a noisy biker bar in it?

khuey on Dec 23, 2015 [–]

Japan.

davidw on Dec 23, 2015 | [–]

Fair enough. I meant in the US, but what are Japan's zoning laws/culture/whatever like?

kqr2 on Dec 23, 2015 | | [–]

For a good overview of Japanese zoning check out:

http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html

versus US style "euclidian" zoining:

http://urbankchoze.blogspot.ca/2014/04/euclidian-zoning.html

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