<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>Mvhsz</author><text>Form Based Zoning Codes are a good step. The goal there is to focus on physical form instead of land use. So as an overly broad example - keep the height and setback  restrictions but remove the rules about subdividing a residence or converting a residence to retail or office. This allows market forces to have a stronger influence on the real estate market.</text><parent_chain><item><author>akmiller</author><text>Because in the absence of regulation, companies will be driven by the market to do the &amp;quot;right&amp;quot; thing? This is not a problem in which the solution is likely to be highly profitable (or even profitable at all) so I&amp;#x27;m not sure why you suggest that a free and unregulated market would lead to an improvement in this scenario.&lt;p&gt;You mention zoning laws in particular. Those were designed for specific reasons so what about them would you change? Surely you aren&amp;#x27;t suggesting just to get rid of them all?</text></item><item><author>thorwasdfasdf</author><text>Parking minimums are a big problem.  But, it&amp;#x27;s just a part of a much bigger problem: Regulation is strangling the life out of us.  Regulation like zoning and countless other regs prevents market forces from working the way they should.&lt;p&gt;Have you ever heard of a banana shortage crisis or a jeans shortage crisis in the US?  No you haven&amp;#x27;t.  The reason is because market forces are able to adjust to changes in market demand.  In housing, those market forces are bottled up and stifled, preventing investments, preventing innovation, preventing progress, preventing better solutions.  We really really need to start looking at regulations and find ways to get rid of the ones causing all these problems.&lt;p&gt;ADDED:
We&amp;#x27;ve seen very little actual VC money or Research and development go into improving the cost of creating Shelter (In fact, we haven&amp;#x27;t made any improvements in this in the last 50 to 100 years adjusted for inflation).  Much of this is due to regulations.  Other industries can find ways to reduce cost but the mountain of housing regulations prevent any and all progress in these areas.  I&amp;#x27;d argue Housing is one of the most critical areas that human should be trying to progress in, as it&amp;#x27;s most important for human survival.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Let&apos;s build houses for people, not cars</title><url>https://noparkinghere.com</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>0xffff2</author><text>To a large extent, yes, get rid of them all. The Japanese zoning system (applied at the state level in the US) makes a lot of sense to me.</text><parent_chain><item><author>akmiller</author><text>Because in the absence of regulation, companies will be driven by the market to do the &amp;quot;right&amp;quot; thing? This is not a problem in which the solution is likely to be highly profitable (or even profitable at all) so I&amp;#x27;m not sure why you suggest that a free and unregulated market would lead to an improvement in this scenario.&lt;p&gt;You mention zoning laws in particular. Those were designed for specific reasons so what about them would you change? Surely you aren&amp;#x27;t suggesting just to get rid of them all?</text></item><item><author>thorwasdfasdf</author><text>Parking minimums are a big problem.  But, it&amp;#x27;s just a part of a much bigger problem: Regulation is strangling the life out of us.  Regulation like zoning and countless other regs prevents market forces from working the way they should.&lt;p&gt;Have you ever heard of a banana shortage crisis or a jeans shortage crisis in the US?  No you haven&amp;#x27;t.  The reason is because market forces are able to adjust to changes in market demand.  In housing, those market forces are bottled up and stifled, preventing investments, preventing innovation, preventing progress, preventing better solutions.  We really really need to start looking at regulations and find ways to get rid of the ones causing all these problems.&lt;p&gt;ADDED:
We&amp;#x27;ve seen very little actual VC money or Research and development go into improving the cost of creating Shelter (In fact, we haven&amp;#x27;t made any improvements in this in the last 50 to 100 years adjusted for inflation).  Much of this is due to regulations.  Other industries can find ways to reduce cost but the mountain of housing regulations prevent any and all progress in these areas.  I&amp;#x27;d argue Housing is one of the most critical areas that human should be trying to progress in, as it&amp;#x27;s most important for human survival.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Let&apos;s build houses for people, not cars</title><url>https://noparkinghere.com</url></story>