12-10-2020, 12:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-10-2020, 12:29 AM by danbrotherston.)
(12-10-2020, 12:15 AM)plam Wrote:(12-10-2020, 12:11 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: Man, I've walked past that a dozen times and never even noticed it wasn't a house.
Zoning is such bullshit. Sure it makes sense when we're talking about 1920s factories which pollute the land and air...but the real solution is to stop polluting.
Includes noise pollution and trucks going back and forth. I don't actually want to live near heavy industry, and it's hard to imagine lack thereof.
Yeah, there are probably exceptions...but most zoning is way too restrictive.
Even industry doesn't have to be too impactful on a neighbourhood. Here is a light industrial plaza right in the middle of a neighbourhood, it in no way impacts the neighbourhood (the school on the other side is far noisier during recess times).
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.4420628,-...312!8i6656
Here is another medium factory in a neighbourhood right where I used to live. The ONLY objectionable part of it was an occasional smell.
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/43%C2%B...80.5109819
In both cases, what is provided is easily accessible jobs. I was told that when the factory I lived near was operating with ... less automation...most homes in my neighbourhood were occupied by factory workers. And they didn't need to drive to work.
Heavy industry and shipping might need to be separated, but most things could be more mixed than they are now.