New and Old #267
The cost of rezoning, a Pet Sounds commemoration, supply, demand, and luxury, and the persistence of the vacuum tube
Why does rezoning cost so much?, Housing in Practice, Brian Goggin, March 17, 2026
This is extremely important, and is probably not understood well by regular people. It’s a kind of Schrödinger’s Apartment Building—impossible to build but also going up everywhere. And—frankly—I view this entire “discretionary” process as more or less legalized corruption.
In most maj…