If I wanted to live in Houston, I'd move there


There’s something called the Houston advantage.  They do not have zoning. Instead, they have property rights.  Yes, they have some general ordinances, but without zoning, citizens in Houston maintain over their property much of the control that other cities and towns give to their local government.  Such that, if a property owner decides to locate his business in a neighborhood of single-family homes, he can. Now, if that business is a neighborhood grocery store serving the residents who live there, maybe that’s a good idea.  But what if the property owner wants to run a car or boat repair shop?  What if he chooses to build a pay to park parking lot in a residential neighborhood?  Is that a good idea?