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> This is why restrictive zoning rules are very bad.

Of course, one reason that they are very good is so that you can avoid living in hell. It's a balance.

The zoning rules that say you can't build a steel mill in a residential neighborhood are not the issue. It's the ones that say you can't build anything other than single family homes in >50% of the residential-zoned land area in the municipality, and in many places >90%.

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