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		nickff on Aug 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reading Hayek in Holland "Zoned in the USA" describes the history of zoning in Canada and the USA, which accords with your view. James C. Scott's "Seeing Like a State" includes the example of razing neighborhoods (in Paris) as you describe.

walshemj on Aug 19, 2021 [–]

That was to make it less likely the mob could raise the barricades and also to provide a nice field of fire for cannons.

nickff on Aug 19, 2021 | [–]

The traffic arteries had multiple uses, which also included movement of soldiers (as was the case for the Eisenhower interstate system as well).

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