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And you don't think that current zoning laws force people to give up choices?

Of course they do, I don't want a factory or sewer plant built next to my house.

Honestly, I get the feeling that some conservatives think the New Urbanists invented zoning laws.

No, we are just honest about what their purpose is.

When you try to restrict the size of the house I can build, how much land I may use for a yard, how big my gargage can be, whether I can have a detached shed, or how close I must get to my neighbors (note: not how far away I can be), or any other stupid, pointless restriction of my property rights, I am naturally outraged. When you do it through a regional growth plan that will not allow me to move out of your control without leaving the state, I am outraged. When you restrict the allowed use of property simply because it has been sold, I am outraged. Shall I go on?

So in other words, you like the laws that say "no sewer plant next to my house," but not the ones that say how big your garage can be.

Everyone's got their tastes. I like traditional communities. Believe me, I get the message that you don't!