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I mean mixed use buildings still have to be approved by the city and meet building codes.
Nevermind that all of the USes car based infrastructure was made to sell cars. Anti walkable cities is as American as it gets. Living is a commodity under capitalism, so is basic transportation. Can't let all those workers that generate our profit be allowed to go buy groceries without paying corporations to get there.
Patriotism and "freedom" as expressed by Americans are concepts used to manipulate you and make you do things that are in other people's interests, not yours. Here you are trying to steal some of the magic by cargo cultishly invoking the concepts, but I think you know it doesn't work like that. In any case, it's very cynical, both of you, and of those you are trying to ape.
This is stupid af
Kinda getting tired of liberals trying to gaslight folks into thinking that if they just let developers do whatever they want they’ll magically get charming three story mixed used buildings instead of the neighborhood killing 5 overs 2s.
It's an intentionally dumb meme intended to make fun of right-wing idiots (and maybe get some of them to think about their views). Nobody is suggesting to completely remove every zoning restriction, but less restrictive zoning is a good idea.
Exactly. I'm just trying to reframe dumb NIMBY policies like restrictive zoning and mandatory parking minimums as anti-freedom so as to try to get conservative NIMBYs to maybe be just a little less NIMBY.
Absolutely no one is seriously arguing we allow PFAS chemical plants next to kindergartens or that we remove all building safety codes. Just that restrictive zoning (and other NIMBY land use policies) is stupid, harmful, and we should get rid of it.
Oh man all the party poopers in the comments. These memes are funny instead of the usual preachy content - doesn't matter if its slightly inaccurate