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Why Does Houston Have Such A Great Restaurant Scene?

April 1, 2016 By Tory Gattis

Why Does Houston Have Such A Great Restaurant Scene?

 Browsing through peoples' posts of their favorite things to do in Houston, there's a recurring theme of eating out. USA Today called Houston "the dining-out capital of the nation": on average, we eat out more often than any other city in the country, at the second-lowest average price … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, infrastructure, Logistics & Transportation, zoning Tagged With: cost of living, Houston, restaurants

Market Urbanism MUsings March 18, 2016

March 18, 2016 By Adam Hengels

Market Urbanism MUsings March 18, 2016

1. This week at Market Urbanism: Nolan Gray's latest post, Liberate the Garage!: Autonomous Cars and the American DreamAt present, zoning laws effectively prohibit entrepreneurs from using their garages for business. In many Americans cities, hiring employees, hosting visitors, putting up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MUsings Tagged With: Aaron Renn, airbnb, driverless cars, Houston, Miami, rent control, rome, San Francisco, uber

From the comments: Parking minimums in Houston

April 8, 2011 By Stephen Smith

In a comment to yesterday's post on land use in Texas, baklazkhan notes that in spite of the libertarian myth of Houston as a completely (or even relatively) laissez-faire city with regards to land use, it actually has pretty strict parking minimums: Additionally, it's interesting to compare the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Houston, parking

A far-too-long rebuttal of Randal O’Toole on parking

April 7, 2011 By Stephen Smith

Donald Shoup and Randal O'Toole – they just can't get enough of each other! Donald Shoup, you may recall, is the granddaddy of free market parking policy, and Randal O'Toole is the self-styled Antiplanner. Though they both claim to be libertarians, they seem to have some pretty fundamental … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Donald Shoup, Houston, parking, Randal O'Toole, zoning

Even Jane Jacobs thought Houston doesn’t have zoning

January 22, 2011 By Stephen Smith

"Houston has no zoning" is a very popular urban planning meme. It has its roots in Houston's lacks one very specific kind of zoning: Euclidean separation of residential, commercial, and industrial uses. Euclidean zoning happens to be the one kind of planning that people easily understand (the whole … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Jane Jacobs, zoning Tagged With: Houston, Jane Jacobs

Weekend link megalist

November 28, 2010 By Stephen Smith

This is probably my favorite link list yet...enjoy!1. The WSJ claims that delinquent homeowners can expect to stay in their homes after making their last mortgage payment – that is, they can live rent-free – for at least 16 months. The longer it takes for foreclosures to happen, the longer it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: China, dc, Environment, food, Hong Kong, Houston, mortgage, New Jersey, roads, Singapore, Southeast Asia

Another Angle on Planning in Houston

December 29, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Brian Phillips at Live Oaks contacted me regarding the recent post by Stephen Smith on planning in Houston. Brian is a long time opponent of land use restrictions and defender of property rights in Houston. Brian has a different point of view on the subject, and has written a post on his blog, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: planning, zoning Tagged With: developer, development, Houston, libertarian, planning, property rights, regulation, Stephen Smith, Urban Legends, zoning

Urban[ism] Legend: Is Houston really unplanned?

December 10, 2008 By Stephen Smith

Urban[ism] Legend: Is Houston really unplanned?

by Stephen SmithIt seems to be an article of faith among many land use commentators – both coming from the pro- and anti-planning positions – that Houston is a fundamentally unplanned city, and that whatever is built there is the manifest destiny of the free market in action. But is this true? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: planning, sprawl, Urban[ism] Legends, zoning Tagged With: Dr. Shoup, Houston, parking, sprawl, Stephen Smith

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