[greggman2]

It would be nice to know the why's for each of these laws. I'm sure some seemed at the time, or maybe still do have legit reasons.

Houses, or rather apartments with a shared kitchen and maybe shared bathrooms are still a thing in Japan.

There are "share houses" of which maybe the most famous/notorious is Sakura House that has many locations and caters to visitors.

There's also https://www.social-apartment.com which is targeted more at locals. I've thought about joining one for the social aspect. I think there would be a market in other countries, especially if there was an activity director making sure events happened. I didn't know it would be illegal in the USA.

There are also high end apartments that have an activity "roof top". A friend lives in one. The rooftop has a restaurant, live entertainment, indoor and outdoor areas, a pool, and rooms you can reserve for private parties.

Tangentially, lots of old USA movies show characters living in boarding houses, having a room to themselves but sharing meals. Seems nice in the movies. No idea how it was in real life.

[nikanj]

Mostly: Poor people live in these, or even worse, poor black people.

Most of the zoning laws were not written recently, and they do carry a heavy burden of being both anti-poor and racist.

[gerbilly]

> Most of the zoning laws were not written recently, and they do carry a heavy burden of being both anti-poor and racist.

It's not accidental either, they were written that was as a neutral way of implementing racist policies.

Just like the war on drugs was a smokescreen for Nixon to attack the hippies and peace protestors.

[dahart]

It’d be nice to know what laws we’re even talking about, and what locales they apply to. There are a lot of tall claims in that thread that seem unsubstatiated and/or exaggerated, and a lot of replies with counter-examples.

[mc32]

I go like having sidewalks. I do like setbacks. The rest of it, some of it is outdated for modern society (tenement housing), but most others are mostly okay and good options (like density in small towns, mixed use housing, multiplexes in appropriate locations (town centers). I think context matters. I would not want multiplexes in the middle of a leafy neighborhood, but certainly should be okay next to busier areas like shopping boulevards and shopping districts, etc.

[chadlavi]

NIMBYism in most cases