Comment 33665

By Tammany (anonymous) | Posted September 16, 2009 at 13:31:58

As much as I agree with Lewyn's analysis, a part of me can't help but believe that these regulations really do cater to what a wide swath of the population wants.

I think it's pretty much undeniable that several generations of people grew up believing that the single family detached home was the paragon of middle class existence. Cities were - and still are - seen as dirty, congested, dangerous, and wholly unsuitable for the raising of children. It's a problem of ignorance and miseducation in my view. These people didn't know any other experience so they just perpetuated the status quo. They think they want - and convince themselves that they need - big homes and vast expanses of sod because they've had no exposure to other experiences.

Stringent regulation of future development so as to avoid perpetuating the mistakes of the past is necessary, but people are going to have to educated as to why that is so.

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