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On the land-use compatibility front, zoning is a poor substitute for directly regulating the externalities that upset people, missing subtle differences between land uses while leaving the borders of districts exposed and shifting the burden of unwanted uses onto the less affluent.
Arbitrary Lines
M. Nolan Gray
One respected Dutch observer, Nicolaus Hartsoecker, was convinced he saw “tiny preformed men” in sperm cells. He called the little beings “homunculi” and for some time many people believed that all humans—indeed, all creatures—were simply vastly inflated versions of tiny but complete precursor beings.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
If we consigned the production of affordable housing to subsidized builders whose regulated apartments were rented via lottery, as happens in high-cost cities like New York and San Francisco, we would never come close to achieving the scale of production to fix what was, in reality, an across-the-board housing shortage.
Paved Paradise
Henry Grabar
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