The *beautiful loner* fantasy is never borne out in human experience, our evolutionary advantage is expressed in our innate sociability. Thus, people like living in communities and these always have rules so neighbors know where they stand. So the argument is always about how we reform the rules when they cease to work for too many. This is the principle of the Abundance Project.
How about we divide your grid up even further, so each square has one dot in it?
The localest possible control is to let people do what they want with their own land.
The *beautiful loner* fantasy is never borne out in human experience, our evolutionary advantage is expressed in our innate sociability. Thus, people like living in communities and these always have rules so neighbors know where they stand. So the argument is always about how we reform the rules when they cease to work for too many. This is the principle of the Abundance Project.
Our crisis level lack of affordable housing at the same time we actively pursue foreign immigration is an issue that feeds nativist populism.
And so there is a fundamental principle of social cohesion and stability at stake
We desperately need to promote innovative YIMBYism.
I'm encouraged Noah and other abundance thinkers are on the case.