Arbitrary Lines: Zoning’s Destructive Legacy and How to Abolish It

25/09/2025 20 min
Arbitrary Lines: Zoning’s Destructive Legacy and How to Abolish It

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These sources provide a comprehensive overview and critique of American zoning laws, primarily drawing from the book Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It by M. Nolan Gray. The central argument is that zoning is a fundamentally flawed policy that has severely damaged U.S. cities by making them unaffordable, […]