> On the contrary, that is precisely why they *do* exist. It's not to keep > the developers and builders from getting rich, but to allow a city to master > plan where they want certain densities of housing. Your city has a general > plan which, among other things, explicitly states the intent of residential > zones in regard to density. Cities with good planning can have > neighborhoods of varying densities that work together to make a nice > environment. > > Without these laws and plans, cities would have too much high density > housing (why wouldn't a developer go for that?) which in the end lowers the > value of the entire city. >
Is this thread reminding anyone else of playing SimCity, with the simulator running into the year 2300+ and the population still sitting below 100k? Childhood SimCity sessions taught me that I would never make a good mayor. :( /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
