>>1926739>Did it ever occur to you that zoning laws are put in place by local politicians, and those politicians are elected by the local populace who want things the way they are?Zoning regulations almost never come up in general elections nor are they almost ever part of the agenda of politicians up for election so the voting public really have no direct input on these things.
Now of course people could bring the issue to the attention of their local politicians and get it put on the ballot but that would require multiple things that are all increadibly unlikely to occur, first of which would be for the average person to take any interest whatsoever in their local politics which considering most people in america probably don't even know the name of their own mayor is unlikely, secondly they would have to be aware of situation and make the connection between zoning restrictions and long travel times and care enough to fix it, most people have cars anyways so very few people see the need to change the status quo.
>Chances are if you live close to commercial it's probably not a bookstore or a bistro like you imagined,I do live close to commercial actually, and it's a bunch of restaurants, banks, hardware stores, and grocery stores. But due to bizarre zoning laws they are required to be on the opposite side of the street.
>People are more willing to sacrifice their convenience than their quality of life.This is my argument though
>Eventually you'll buy a home and raise a family and you'll see why people in the suburbs think the way they do - if - you're able to be honest with yourself.I'm not saying that they should have to change anything though?
My point is that zoning restrictions play a bigger role in everything being spread out instead of /n/'s persistent conspiracy theory that the "evul car cabal" is intentionally screwing with the millions of innocent people that wish to ride public transport and despise cars.
