Zoning law is national but all the decisions about applying it are made locally
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If you had asked me, I'd have said Japan's secret sauce is the exact opposite: a high degree of local decision making
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How does "local decision making" lead to building in Japan and gridlock in Berkeley?
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Why don't Japanese cities engage in exclusionary zoning for the rich?
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My guess is: Japanese cities are not allowed to restrict on density, only height. So nothing to stop dense apts in rich areas.
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Replying to @TommSciortino @suldrew
Japanese zoning restricts on density, check FAR & BCRs here: http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/000234477.pdf …
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No. I mean "humans living here per square foot" density. I don't see any restrictions on that.
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Replying to @TommSciortino @suldrew
You mean occupancy laws? I'm not familiar with those but there are practical limits to how many people you can fit in a given house
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Moreover, with tons of housing that is perfectly affordable for Japan's poor, no need to cram together in a house beyond their means
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The reason is that you want to live near your job. Have you seen those tiny Tokyo apts? They are quite smol.
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Most in Tokyo commute; the apartments are generally larger than the stuff you see on CL in London, NYC, or SF
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