| ▲ | cyberax an hour ago | |
Zoning is about 100 years old, and it's not the reason Manhattan doesn't have enough groceries. And ultimately, market forces almost always win over regulations. Reformulate the question: why do people tolerate living in dense tiny apartments, without easy access to necessities like childcare and grocery stores? | ||
| ▲ | chongli 7 minutes ago | parent [-] | |
You don't need tiny apartments to have density. You can do it with smaller single-family houses on smaller lots, narrow one-way streets, and alleyways for parking instead of driveways and garages. This is how the pre-war streetcar suburb of Riverdale, Toronto is designed [1] and it has much higher density than the rest of the city. | ||