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superiority t1_j6jt8rp wrote

>Double Chin does Peking Duck Fries which they call 'Poutine for your Mouth'.

I think you might be mixing up two different menu items? The Peking Duck Fries are a different thing from the "Poutine" Your Mouth (which is waffle fries, "kimcheese", and furikake with an optional fried egg).

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IntelligentCicada363 t1_j6js5oq wrote

Not stupid at all. Single family zoning was explicitly created as a way around a supreme court decision (Buchanan v. Warley) that barred explicit racial covenants.

And in practice, Oregon has already banned it in most of the state, Washington is set to follow, and California has functionally done so in much of the state. Minneapolis has banned it city wide. Cambridge MA is generally expected to do so in the next year or two.

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PLS-Surveyor-US t1_j6jrld6 wrote

This is the saddest line of thinking in transportation and the economy. Induced demand is a farce in a lot of ways. The primary way is that the capacity that no longer fits on the narrow road find a way through 3 paths. One is mass transit (this is good). Another is jamming the path (this is bad) and the final is to seek alternate routes (also bad). Right now "induced demand" completely jams up many local roads slowing down local travel and mass transit (buses/trolleys) that operate on those routes.

Developers and builders will always flock to build the easiest and most profitable projects (this is not evil or bad..this is human nature). You keep increasing the non residential buildings with relatively little increase in the residential then you get what you have today. Imbalance. Not sure how you eliminate demand or whether that's even a good idea.

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BasilExposition75 t1_j6jqxb1 wrote

I am not arguing that zoning is never used irresponsibly. It surely is.

Does your lot have town water and sewage? Gas? If there is town sewage. I don't know about the infrastructure, but I imagine an accessory might not impact the infrastructure in you area. If everyone on your street did, it might require a major overhaul. That is a decision that needs to be made at the local level.

My section of town has wells. A newer subdivision installed 10 wells some years back and everyone else's wells went dry. Now, our zoning requires subdivisions to have on shared well with an impact study done prior. The state rules would allow developers to skip that.

I hear what you are saying, but zoning laws are often there for a reason and it isn't usually to keep people out.

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antraxsuicide t1_j6jqmoa wrote

If the people moving in are more affluent than existing residents and push them out financially, yeah. I very much doubt that since we're talking about lowering supply to decrease housing costs. The people living there already can afford to. If costs go down, then they'll still be able to afford to live there.

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Skizzy_Mars t1_j6jq8qz wrote

Why wouldn't we strive to match one of the best examples of public housing? Why bother doing anything if we can't at least try to make it a bit better than last time?

I don't really think that taking bids on a pre-determined design is "forcing" the developer to do anything. They don't have to bid on the project. The design and build don't have to be one contact fulfilled by one entity. Public housing isn't a charitable act driven by a developer, it is a government contract that is bid on and fulfilled by a developer, architect, etc.

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