Comment by yonran

> Yes, that's kind of the main difference between government functions and private companies

Perhaps that should change. Or at least it’s a reason to scrutinize and repeal laws that are used for price fixing.

> Are you saying the very idea of zoning strikes you as a problem? Or are you trying to call out the bad implementations which strangle urban prosperity in the US?

Zoning Rules! by William Fischel gives good a history of zoning. Zoning was originally for segregation within the city but to the question of prices, no it was not inherently problematic. It was not until the 1970s that zoning was used for growth control to make entire cities unaffordable.