And here’s my European suburb ass thinking those 13 minutes to walk to the store are rather long…
I live in a small European town (~17000 persons) and if I walk 13 minutes I get to the other side of the town.
Largely overlooked feature of overzoning, parking requirements and setback regulations are the economical opportunity cost - odd for the USA and its history of deregulation and neoliberalisation.
I agree, it seems like it should be easy to convince libertarians and conservatives with deregulations, but exactly how to frame that argument is tricky.
I made the mistake of looking at the current zoning laws where I live, they gave me nightmares
As carbrained as many cities are in Saudi Arabia, you can still walk to the mosque, shops and school.