# What’s Wrong with Zoning (with M. Nolan Gray)

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/whats-wrong-with-zoning-with-m-nolan-gray>

**By** M. Nolan Gray, Trevor Burrus

**Published:** July 15, 2022

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M. Nolan Gray explains how zoning keeps cities in a straitjacket, and what we can do to set them free.

## SUMMARY:

One border libertarians might be curious about lies between what zoning is and what zoning is not. M. Nolan Gray, author of the new book, “Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It” joins the show to explain the roots of our zoning regulations, clarify if overpopulated cities are the real problem, and describe how cities like Houston, Texas are adapting. Plus; where do we go from here? Is the complete abolition of zoning the end goal? What progress is left on the table by our current way of doing things?

### Further Reading:

[_How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It_](https://www.amazon.com/Arbitrary-Lines-Zoning-Broke-American/dp/1642832545/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3FFEUQ1IP) by M. Nolan Gray