A City Is Not a Nuisance

A judge in Alexandria, VA effectively accepts the argument that the city in abstract is a nuisance

I have a new piece in Discourse magazine that I wrote after reading a news story about a lawsuit in the city of Alexandria, Virginia. This is the bit that got me going:

The plaintiffs, all Old Town residents, have been fighting to reverse the zoning changes since they were approved by City Council in Dec. 2023. While initial efforts were dismissed in cou…