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Originally Posted by WarrenC12
I am more in favor of free market zoning... build whatever the market wants, within reason.
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Two other big evils in Vancouver/Canada are Euclidian zoning and the "Grand Bargain".
I would love to see the Japanese zoning system in Canada. Contrary to popular belief, there are zoning laws in Japan, but they're inclusive zoning laws rather than exclusive zoning laws. Instead of saying "only SFH are allowed to be built in this zone", the zone would look more like "Heavy industry and businesses larger than 3000 sqm are not allowed". Importantly, there's no zone which excludes every single type of building use besides single family homes. Once again, this is another populist policy that came about because people focused more on the effects on themselves than on society. "Would
you want a busy business next to where
you live? By the way, you will need to drive 20 minutes to find any business whatsover and we banned all the poors from living here in little homes
."