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title: "Tokyo has grown at rates to other large American cities, but housing…"
date: 2023-01-20
source: twitter
tweet_id: "1616503869735079936"
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# Tokyo has grown at rates to other large American cities, but housing…

*January 20, 2023 · Twitter/X*

Tokyo has grown at rates to other large American cities, but housing costs have remained low. That\'s because Japanese zoning laws discourage the kind of NIMBYism that\'s rampant in most American cities. [\@jeremykauffman](https://x.com/jeremykauffman){target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"} [\@MayorJoyceCraig](https://x.com/MayorJoyceCraig){target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}\
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[https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2016/08/the-japanese-zoning-system.html](https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2016/08/the-japanese-zoning-system.html){target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}