It& #39;s honestly fascinating to watch unzoned Houston continue to incrementally density in the way that basically every other city did...before they adopted zoning. https://twitter.com/HeikoPierre/status/1389982610244440070">https://twitter.com/HeikoPier...

Like even in any other Sun Belt city, these detached townhouses would only be allowed as-of-right in a small sliver of the city, and would be a huge permitting ordeal everywhere else. In Houston they& #39;re legal as-of-right citywide. No deed restrictions? Here& #39;s your permit.

You build a house. Decades later, when prices go up, you divide that house up into a few more houses. Decades later, when prices go up, you buy up those houses and build an apartment building. It ain& #39;t complicated, just the way cities worked for pretty much all of human history.