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Why Japan Looks the Way it Does: Zoning
Life Where I'm From · Oct 10, 2021 · 14m 35s
What this video covers
A video explaining why Japanese cities look the way they do, through Japan's national tiered zoning system that permits mixed use and flexible development. It compares this approach with more restrictive zoning elsewhere.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN commenters recommend it as the go-to explanation of Japanese zoning in housing and urbanism debates.
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Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“which was very illuminating”
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“The _Life Where I'm From_ episode on zoning in Japan is useful, I think, as a point of comparison.”