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		ErikVandeWater on Sept 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: San Francisco braces for commercial real estate cr... > We live in a democracy. The underlying problem of government is voters. Pretty sure dictatorships have the same problem with improper zoning.

JumpCrisscross on Sept 6, 2022 | [–]

> Pretty sure dictatorships have the same problem with improper zoning

I can't find it now, but there was a study measuring the straightness of the road between capitals and their airports. The straighter the road, the more authoritarian the regime that built it.

treeman79 on Sept 6, 2022 | [–]

See China and 3 gorge dams

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