Houston is drowning—In its freedom from regulations

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I visited Houston once, and I remember being struck by how the riot of signage and absence of land use conventions like setbacks showed a clear contempt for "regulations".   I had no idea that the contempt extended to on outright rejection of modern storm water management practices.  I suppose if you asked the Houston Chamber of Commerce why it was so important allow impervious cover everywhere, they'd have some good reasons like..."Jobs" or "Freedom". Read it here: And notice how rich people always manage to restrict "freedom" enough so that their areas aren't free market shitholes.