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Originally Posted by manny_santos
What specific cities outside Canada and the United States use Ontario-style zoning? Has anyone been to them personally to see this for themselves? I have been to at least two major cities outside North America and there were commercial establishments on otherwise residential streets. Not massive stores, just little stores selling bottled water, or vegetables, or a small menu of takeout food, or (gasp!) beer.
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I just got back from India two weeks ago and I can say that this is true. They do have some land use control mechanisms that could be called "zoning" but they are minimal and rarely enforced. The result is that almost every city is pretty much entirely mixed use. There are businesses on every block and that includes "noxious" industries like tanners and such. Yes it smells (in places) but overall it actually works quite well.