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Archive for November, 2008
Land Use Morals
These kinds of things frustrate me…
Houston Strategies posted this story, which recaps this story.
Both of them basically attribute all of Houston’s economic success to it’s no-zoning approach to land-use regulation.
I certainly agree that Houston’s lean regulatory system helps the economy, there’s no question about that. I usually agree with the things Tory posts on this [...]
Suburban Ghost Towns
Nice, short read on Houston Tommorrow Growth News today…
Foreclosures and bankrupt developers are leaving vacant lots and homes in their path
Stories about half-built subdivisions left largely empty due to the collapse of the home financing market are increasing in numbers as the broader economic crisis sets in, and even what was once “prime property” is [...]
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