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>No, sirs and ma'ams, your home's price appreciation isn't a right.

No, but they do have a right to vote for policies and politicians that defend their interests.



They can vote.

However, any system that allows people to rent seek by creating building restrictions that protect their property values is not an optimal solution. So sure, they can vote but they should not be able to vote on zoning.

What about nuisances or factories or what have you? Well, that's easy enough to take care of through noise ordinances. Land use zoning is mostly a well intentioned but terrible in practice policy idea.




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