Why Did we make Front Yard Businesses Illegal?
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2021
- Front yard businesses used to be common all across Vancouver, why did we decide to make them illegal?
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Amazing video, during the pandemic I changed my business from renting studio spaces for photography and video sessions to using our front space in our house as a full time studio space. It saved our business thousands of dollars every year. Plus I was able to customize the space and no longer had to rent studio spaces far outside of the urban centre. We can offer other amenities now like a full bathroom and shower, lunches during long sessions etc. We are a low volume high value customer business and most of my clients are return customers. I also write off 500$ per month of our rent as a business expense for the cost of the studio space.
Fantastic! Did you have to ammend your lease and insurance to do it?
This would work for a service-type business with low traffic from customers & suppliers, but for a cafe/restaurant/pub/machine workshop/grocery, it would be an issue if there's too many on a street.
Maybe this can help you to understand why it is as it is in the US and Canada; ruclips.net/video/y_SXXTBypIg/видео.html&ab_channel=NotJustBikes
And did by side neighbors like it? Sure not.
@@ninguhosaptot lol nah my neighbours are more concerned about their own lives.
I've always found it weird how Canada and the US have such restrictive zoning codes regulating what you can and can't do on your property given that we have a reputation around the world for having a "you can't tell me what the fuck I can and can't do on my own private property" attitude towards the government. This is especially true in freedom loving America.
One would think the right wing would be all about the freedom to do what they want on their own property, but it appears their aversion to change of any type overrides their interest in correcting urban planning.
@@racewiththefalcons1 the founder of Strong Towns Charles Marohn is a right leaning US republican from Minnesota and he wants to get rid of these zoning regulations as much as left leaning urbanists do because of fiscal responsibility.
btw, The Color of Law is a great book to understand the history of housing restrictions in the US. it has a lot more to do with race than this video let on
@@SeanLinsley I do not deny that racism and prejudice has directly influenced the creation of housing bylaws in the United States and Canada. However, I’m curious as to which details from the Color of Law are lacking in this video (considering that the book details historical details of the US and not Canada). I also do not deny that Vancouver (housing) bylaws have been based on racial prejudice (as mentioned by Uytae in his other missing middle video(s) and his video on the Georgia viaduct).
There have been many people here in the US who enjoy having the "freedom" of telling others what they can't do.
I’m just gonna go out on a limb here and say that America is hostile to small business owners in general
Seriously, my dad has to pay nearly 15-28% of income for employ taxes and shit like that.
I don't know. If people live close to each other in houses like that, I would kinda agree that at least some businesses shouldn't be allowed. If you want to start a business, why not just buy a farm and remodle the barn into the business you want?
Democratic Party run cities are hostile to small business owners in particular
@@LiMaking Exactly, Nobody in their right mind would want any kind of business that increases foot traffic to be run in their quiet neighborhoods.
@@mynameisjeff6988 agree. If I wanted all that kind of noise or weird smells, I'd just move right into the center of the city.
THIS IS SO GOOD! As a former local politician, the urban sprawl mentality was crushing. Zoning needs to change so people don't need to drive 30mins to get some milk.
It's madness.
We get told to drive less and walk or bike to stop pollution. Only... The store is twenty minutes away and walking with three bags gets uncomfortable.
@@Socasmx this is a big thing. A lot of the focus on stopping driving has been focused on cities because often they have better public transit. We need to make more suburban areas walkable, not only does it reduce pollution, but increases community. Knowing your neighbors and interacting with them has been something which has been massively on the decline. It's something I hope we can try to increase again.
@@kneesnap1041 Suburban areas can be very anti-social places because there is no natural socialization going on. Since there is nothing to do, people don't walk around very much. Other than your house, the rest of your neighborhood does absolutely nothing for you. You do not work with people in your neighborhood unless you just happen to work at the same place across town.
@@riley_oneill yep!
@@riley_oneill they ARE designed to be anti-social. Look at the comments defending suburban sprawl. These people always mention they wanted "peace and quiet" and don't want their place to "become a ghetto".
Screw them all.
its illegal because when you force people to live seperate from their business you double their bills and make them poor. Think about how often you see business's go under in plazas and malls, its because renting a business property is freakishly expensive which massivly cuts into your already thin profits
There is also a problem that the cheapest business space to rent is still very expensive. The small businesses in the idea stage that require experimentation can't be allowed. You need real money and a real income to start the smallest of businesses. But with a front yard business, especially in a home you own, the costs are very small, and you can keep experimenting until you figure out what works. Maybe your business provides you with a household income, or maybe it takes off and justifies you getting a much larger space in a more high capacity area. The thriving business community of tomorrow is going to require lots of small cheap experiments of today. A community with thousands of these front yard businesses would have that, it would enable low income people who start their little business to figure out what can work for them and get going. They can't afford thousands of dollars per month to be in a strip mall or shopping mall.
Yeah, just go look at places like midland tx. People charge 300% for bullshit because they can.
@@riley_oneill I took over a condemned building for 4.5 years. I paid the owners $300 a month for the right to live and work at the location. I never asked the city for permission, other than paying for a business license, I just did it. I remodeled the front and turned it into a nice computer repair shop (it was a dodgy one before), exterminated the rats, de-hoarded the middle and back of the house and even landscaped the back yard. I had the fire chief do a series of inspections until the building passed and then I asked him to approach the city to have it rezoned as 50/50 residential and business. It worked out nicely and I had a booming business until the roof finished cracking open and the building was sold. The building sold for over $200k more than it assessed at before I moved in. Overall it was a win-win for the owners and myself (I have a different shop now).
this is true bussiness rent is scamm.. if you can run it in your home you save alot of money.. just dont have any ads infront of the house
Maybe they should allow shopkeepers to live at the mall.
We had a guy in our home town who had a bike repair business in his garage. The city cited him for having a "front yard business" and the dude went to council with like over a thousand signatures from people within the city who believed in him and his repair shop and after some arguing the city finally caved and let him keep his business. I'm sort of ad libbing the story but it was cool and inspirational for sure!
Aha! So you can fight City Hall! I don't think that always works out, but I'm glad it did for bike repair business guy.
As long as it didn't create an unsightly looking residence and maintained the manicured look of the neighborhood. No one wants their area to look like a ghetto.
why couldnt he do it without the people then if it was good? its sad
@Ms Temptation "freedom" but you can tell your neighbor how to live. I think your house looks ghetto with a front lawn, maybe I should rat you out to city hall
very cool but a shame it took all those signatures and that he is the exception rather than just free to be done by all property "owners"
In Mexico, this is completely legal and commonplace. I miss walking over to my neighbor's home and buying a snack or some stationery.
The downside is some mf have the bright idea to take the walkside too
Iba a comentar los mismo LOL.
I know it’s so cool I’m a gringo and I love it
Same with Guatemala and I miss it!
We have the same last name lol
This actually INCREASES property values by increasing walk scores (the ability to walk to local business for grocery, food, shopping, etc.)
I feel like this would be true because demand to rent near these businesses would go up. However, I could see this all going bad. Like, would the government have to inspect your home because it's attached to your business? Would the average home business be healthy or prone to being contaminated via pets or personal guests or drugs or parties or people leaving personal belongings all over the business? Would it increase risk of danger to home owners from theft or break ins? Lots of things to consider for both the customers and the business/home owners.
This is true nowadays, but the video says it was the opposite back then. It shows we need to update and get with the modern age.
Spot on, every single real estate listing, without exception (as it is part of the format on the major sites, in Australia anyway), includes walking proximity to things. The little blurb of each property literally advertises and promotes how much is within walking distance, things like "5 minute walk from trams" or "5 minute walk from cafes and restaurants" are huge selling points. Bottom line, if you have two identical houses but one is within 5 minutes walk of businesses and public transport and the other is not within walking distance of either, the one within walking distance will be worth almost DOUBLE! That's an undisputed fact. Never, ever, I would assume in the entire world (but at least here in Australia), has NOT being within walking distance of amenities ever increased property value!
It's why 4 bedroom houses in car-dependent outer suburbs only cost half as much as small 2 bedroom houses in walkable inner suburbs. Because walkability and access to public transport are the two biggest drivers of property values, if you don't have them, your property isn't worth much.
@@ShizaruBloodrayne What are you talking about? This type of store is really normal in Europe. Especially bakeries, coffee shops, small artisan shops, etc. are completely normal here. The shops are not directly part of the living area. They are separated by walls and a door. The government only has to inspect the area that is available to the public. Also, who would leave their pets, drugs or personal belongings in a store? If anyone would ever do that, those stores would go bankrupt almost immediately, as no one would want to shop there. But also not once in my live have I seen or even heard about anything like that.
Front yard businesses have their challenges, yes. But the ones you list are a weird selection.
@@barbarareichart267 maybe it's because here in America there's a lot of sketchy places all over. You have some valid points though!
One of the best pizza slices I’ve ever had was at a business running out of a single family home in New Orleans, and the business clearly had a lot of customers. I wish to see more of these!
Asian is SUCCESSFUL & PROVEN IT WORK WELL!!
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, private house can running BUSSINES AS THEY WANT. Unless it very dirty/toxic or loud bussiness, it get caught & kick out by gorvement!!
But ppl have no problems if running small coffee shop, veggies shop, rice shop, foods shop, restaurants & mini supermarket!!
OF COURSE APARTMENT/CONDOS & HIGH END HOUSE IN SOME AREAS IS NOT ALLOW PPL RUNNING BUSSINESS!!
But the whole part of country, ppl can do their private bussiness in their lands, in their house IF ITS NOT LOUDSY OR CHEMICAL TOXIC MANUFACTURING, then no problems!!
Honestly, bringing something like this back to Canada and America would greatly help enrich the middle class and save on travel expenses for a lot of people who may find themselves farther from a city than they would have liked. And it would have also added (but incredibly important) sense of community and have others get to know their neighbor better.
The fact that it could enrich lower/middle class families is probably the reason it was illegalized in the first place
@@smithofr3054 that's what I came to say
Most people don’t want to live directly in back of their own business because the more successful the business, the more fortified your home would have to be against theft. ‘It’s too close to home’ if you will.
@@Eclipse1369 Nonsense no front yard shop is so profitable you have to fortify your home and this is the real reason its not so popular.
Front yard shops are no where near as profitable as dedicated retail space simply due to the difference in foot traffic. Running a business in your front yard (or more commonly in my area out of your garage) is only profitable for a select businesses.
@@smithofr3054 Exactly, lol. This video just reminds me that housing discrimination is an actual thing in america and that's exactly what I thought of.
I've lived in Japan for a bit and while it's more tightly packed simply due to the fact land comes at a premium, it really makes North American zoning practices stand out once you return. In Japan, it's not uncommon to be within walking distance of basic necessities plus whatever there happens to be locally. In the US, you're lucky if you can get groceries without a car.
Well in Japan its not a lack of strict zoning practices, its the fact of strict zoning practices in the opposite direction. There is no problem with mixed use neighbourhoods but you are still beholden to a vast array of strict building codes and are required to have to submit zoning changes before the local council. There is also a large issue of many shopping districts going out of business due to the centralising of shops around deparment stores of train stations. Tokyo today is compelety different than in the past, with many neighbourhoods in the past having random stores pop up sporadically throughout neighbourhoods, now they are all concentrated around train stations. This is fine if you live in a big city, but when you live out in the countryside or even a semi ubran city, then things very quickly start to resemble America, and thats by design.
Yeah, let’s be like Japan and live in closets
Because the US is absolutely massive and people don't really like to live within walking distance from businesses here. Most people like to be as far away from stuff as possible.
@My Name Is Jeff they won’t believe you because it doesn’t comport with their preconceptions...
except there are tons of areas nearly abandoned in Japan. if people moved into them and renovated these areas, then cramped cities like tokyo would be less cramped.
To add to the topic, I think it speaks to a particular obsession with urban aesthetics that in most municipalities it is illegal to grow anything other than grass on a front lawn. I often toyed with the idea of growing vegetables and stuff that I can actually eat, rather than grass that has to be irrigated, sprayed with herbicide and seeded, mowed and mulched at a cost, with no benefit whatsoever.
If you do this, which you absolutely should, get a fence or something similar to hide your garden from obvious view. Front yard gardens attract vandals, like asshole teenagers and such.
It all comes down to zoning and taxes. If the Gov't isn't getting their slice of the pie, you aren't getting any pie at all. But what is really stupid is when they decide to shut down a childs lemonade stand citing "health code violations".
I think you are right, but I think that is only half of it.
I have a feeling the bylaws were adopted due to soft crime. Some businesses become hubs. In the current US, they can become hubs for cartels (it's an actual thing). In the 90s, several comic book stores locally were hubs for Russian laundering. Yeah, lol -- comic book stores lol. Which means these hubs are closer to people's homes, rather than in the commercial parts of a city. One of the many reasons marijuana laws were suddenly adopted warmly and so swiftly by states was to undercut profits of cartels without needing to directly confront them. And, of course --taxes. 2 birds; 1 stone.
Then there is the issue of parking. This can cause all sorts of problems. And you know if they have an automotive business, the clients non-functioning vehicle will be on the streetway.
And the last issue is that residents may feel as if their neighborhood is cased-by-proxy of random people simply finding their neighborhood and getting comfortable in it.
@@Jadae what a bunch of stupid bs. You should be a politician
No reason that a front yard business addition should not pay a normal business license (tax)
Lemonade stands are legal in the state where I live.
The lemonade stand was cute when I was 12, but as an adult I see kids picking their noses not washing their hands, coughing and sneezing over the jug and yah I wouldn’t buy their lemonade now. Although some people never grow up and do that as adults anyways.
If it wasn't illegal then people will be paying their mortgages while self employed and not having to pay loads of money on another building. It's too OP
in todays world, the government would be heavily involved to point of strangling the air from it. government always steps in with a hammer does way too much
@@eugenevalentine925 lol gee, I wonder where YOU stand politically and socially.
@@xBINARYGODx Doesn't matter what he votes for. He's correct. If the government could they would own the air itself and then fuck it up. The main problem with governments is that politicians always do what they themselves want to be done, not the people. They spend too much money, take actions that are very often way too drastic and over the top, and they end up with a mess instead of a proper solution.
@@WolfHeathen lol technically the government does own the air. National Airspace System has a lot of regulations associated with it, but rightfully so IMO.
@@WolfHeathen Politicians do what the people who participate want. The loudest voters get their way (in the context of this video, it’s the NIMBYs getting their way)
Meanwhile here in the Philippines, as long as there's space next to a road in your house, that's a store. Heck, I remember one summer, when we moved into our apartment unit, I had nothing to do so I made a shelf from popsicle sticks, cardboard, stuck them to our screen door with tape and thumbtacks, and voila, a store. I sold chips, candy, biscuits, shampoo, instant noodles, anything I can fit in between the space between the screen door and the main wooden door of our apartment.
Stonks indeed
What about Baluts?
haha...it's good practice for what Vancouver could become. You're already ahead of the curve!
@@chrispl557 small businesses are the future
@@countbinfaceglobalpresiden7926 I guess we’ll find out in the future.
You really put things in perspective when reminding us that weed became legal before (or not yet in some areas) being able to put stores in residential areas. That's crazy to think about!
That’s not weed
Black Rock is heavily invested into commercial real estate - they would never allow the public to own the buildings they also work in.
"the bakery ... the bakery ... or the bay curry" joke got me. I'm subscribing
Haha same dude.
Yes...He did a great job with that!
Lol that was good
Same
Same!
Seeing small businesses pop up out of the ground like this feels like some sort of great healing.
Asian is SUCCESSFUL & PROVEN IT WORK WELL!!
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, private house can running BUSSINES AS THEY WANT. Unless it very dirty/toxic or loud bussiness, it get caught & kick out by gorvement!!
But ppl have no problems if running small coffee shop, veggies shop, rice shop, foods shop, restaurants & mini supermarket!!
OF COURSE APARTMENT/CONDOS & HIGH END HOUSE IN SOME AREAS IS NOT ALLOW PPL RUNNING BUSSINESS!!
But the whole part of country, ppl can do their private bussiness in their lands, in their house IF ITS NOT LOUDSY OR CHEMICAL TOXIC MANUFACTURING, then no problems!!
I’m from SOUTHEAST ASIA.
I ARGREE RUNNING BUSSINES IN PRIVATE HOUSE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL IF ITS LOUSY, DIRT & DANGEROUS FIELDS!!
But it should be LEGAL & FREEDOM IF PPL WANT TO DO BUSSINESS & OPEN STORES IN THEIR OWN PROPERTY, IT THEIR RIGHTFUL & THEIR FREEDOM!!
as long as they’re sign paper & pay taxes & not affect neighbors.
This not new. This guy is just making you think it is. We’ve always had small businesses in walking distance, some of which are called convenience stores.
@@modernwonders9896 Of course its not new. NOT NEW IN EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. Housing in the US and Canada are fucked up which is why the people realising how much better it can be by taking examples from other countries is a good start towards making healthier cities for everyone.
@@modernwonders9896 hahaha with every day that passes this becomes more and more obviously stupid take
Omg!!! I truly can't with your channel! Mexico is North America!!!
Here in my beautiful Mexican neighborhood, where I live in a single-family home with a private garden, I can walk to 4+ convenient stores, my hairdresser, a market, a laundromat, a nail salon, etc within a 5-10 minute walk.
There's also a public park with trails right in front of an elementary school which is next door to a home for the elderly around the corner.
Guess what isn't in my neighborhood?
Parking lots!
Canada and the USA could learn a lot about planning cities for PEOPLE and not CARS from their NORTH AMERICAN neighbor in the South.
Your videos are nice, but I truly want to pull my hair out every time you say 'North America(n)'!
The East Asian ppl currently buying up Canada see Mexico even less than the nations of Canada or the US, so don’t hold your breath
They have both the money and immigrant labor to use that instead of relying on Mexican contributions to the continent in labor or economy.
So yes Mexico is North America, but no, they don’t care.
Cars aren't the problem. Forcing people to use cars is. Many people on the Left just want to ban private vehicles instead of actually addressing the root issue which is zoning issues. I like my car. I just don't want to be forced to use it every day.
i'd kill to have a bodega around the corner from where i live. when i'd live in mexico there's be one about every block of a neighborhood. it was so nice to just walk over to buy a snack and come back home. there were also restaurants you could just walk too. the seating was right out in the front yard you'd show up get some food and sit down. it was so nice. when the neighbors across the street opened up a store when i was in mexico, it was exciting because of how convenient it was. it was never noisy or annoying. just convinient. it beats driving to a small grocery store runs, where you show up to a big building and get overwhelmed at every corner.
I ran a computer business and my wife ran a jewelry business and we used to have outdoor sales frequently. Until the bylaw officer came along one day and that put an end to the outdoor sales. When we moved out of that place, we ended up in an apartment that was zoned in a business/residential zone and business really took off. The sidewalk of a busy street, was right out my front door and I could legally run a business out of it with zero issues. And while it was for the better ultimately, I miss the humble beginnings of my basement business and our fun outdoor sales. It was like a yard sale, but with new stuff and it had that real community chill feel to it. Getting to know folks, we made friends doing it and people enjoyed it too.
This story is great bill!
@@cadenmcclure Thank's! I don't run the computer business anymore, because we offer a computer science course here now and Computer techs. are a dime a dozen in this city now and I could not afford to compete, but I did well for a while and my wife still makes and sells jewelry, but not like we used to and live in a place now that is quiet and residential again. And are subject to those same bylaws again and live on an upper floor so dragging that stuff out every weekend or two to do outdoor sales is too much for us now anyway, but we make money other ways now that are a bit easier.
@@MrBilld75 if your wife doesn't know, a lot of people sell custom stuff on Etsy. I don't work for them
Exactly. Businesses that fit into the neighborhood and can enrich it. Not just any old business. But it would really make neighborhoods feel alive agiain!
@@alexkizer639 Absolutely and the next door neighbours we had in the place where I couldn't have outdoor sales anymore, did not mind it and even shopped there. Most people in the neighbourhood liked it. But of course there was a building across the street with a bunch of older folks and ladies mostly and I can guarantee it was some bored, nosy "camare" (my wife's French word for those gossipy nosy types) was the one who called the bylaw officer and clued him into what was going on. He was nice enough and reasonable, as I asked him how often I could have yard sales so as not to be breaking the rules and he said once a month. So I was o.k. with that and hey, at least I could still do it sometimes. He actually seemed sorry he had to do it, cause he realized that we were just a nice older couple try to make a little extra coin.
I would love to see what was in the video come back, I remember those kind of businesses and the few that still exist in some parts of the country and I find them charming, welcome fixtures in their neighbourhoods and they are always recommended as "affordable" good local businesses. Well, of course they are affordable, their overhead is less because they did a business in their yard, so they could pass the savings on to you. I've used many a good backyard Mechanic and always got away cheaper than a shop.
In India we have observed that having shops in front of houses makes the entire neighbourhood much safer, especially at night.
On the flip side, living next door to a badly maintained restaurant will bring cockroaches and rats into your house.
Instead of a city wide law, the decision on which business to allow and which to restrict and what limits to apply should be left to the neighbourhood council or community.
In the US it is like that. The city or neighborhood council has the complete ability to decide everything. In some cases this is good, to preserve the neighborhood character from big development firms, but more often it hinders any sort of change to building code good or bad. Local politics and petty neighbor squabbles can delay citywide projects for decades, or result in costly or unnecessary building requirements.
Anecdotally, I have a property in the US where the city requires all buildings to have an automatic irrigation system for landscaping, regardless of how large your garden or strip of lawn is. Even when we're in drought conditions It's required to operate! I wouldn't want a cockroach infested restaurant near my house but, the flip side can be bad too.
@Mega Action 1. You are out of topic.
2. This is a tasteless comment.
3. It's not as bad as the documentaries make it seem. There are nice places and filthy places. Same as everywhere.
The issue with leaving such decisions up to community councils is the "club" mentality that tends to come with it. For example, if somebody on the block has a cafe, but you want to open one, they might just deny you because they don't want you to compete and draw customers away from theirs.
You see this a lot in European countries.
@@magigooter2096 : And these type of people often get involved politically and scope the rules to their perception of how things should be - Why stop at a cafe when you can also be monopolistic in: Laundromats, games parlours, news agents, liquor, etc.... Then you are "mr big" in your tine fishbowl, noone else can play. lol... I joke - but corruption takes many forms, the common denominator however is greed.
The opposite in Brazil.
Imagine having a housing crisis because all properties had to be 65% empty grass.
a result of replicating the Americans and their insane obsession with lawns
I used to live a block away from a corner convenience/grocery store on Barclay St. (Vancouver). It was one of my best memories of the West End. If that store did not have what I needed, I walk a few more blocks and voila, another little grocery/convenience store. It provided a sense of community and connection. Suburbia took all that away.
Big corporations: "America is fundamentally a capitalist nation, and we should all be allowed to conduct buisiness free from the tyranical influence of the government."
American people: "Right on brother! I'm gonna start a buisiness and run it out of my house to work my way out of poverty."
Big corporations: "No not like that!"
Home prices get redistributed; who doesn't want a lot they can rent the front yard out, and back yard? I live near an area where all the older homes are unregulated. Big home lots can build second homes of ANY style, and so they basically set up apartments, with 12 cars on lot and more on the street. Yet, prices go up. All regular neighbors are stressed out with the traffic, the fact that one guy now owns twenty+ homes, driving demand up for these lots, while ruining the value for smaller lots, bc who in their right mind wants to buy into chaos without reaping any of the benefits? You want your kid to run around with other kids after school and not get hit by a car, nor be picked up.
@@highonsmog
the city should provide better public transit for the area
you already have a monsoon of cars each day, a bus can solve that already
@@yukko_parra amen to that!
Government is preaching about climate change, yet, builds humungus roads to accommodate more cars. Small downtowns are dying in that race, no business can survive after pandemic and with the road expansions. Yet government still keeps stupid zoning laws, that force suburban division to move forward and build cookies-cutter types of housing in the middle of the field with no pedestrian or public transportation access to anything public uses. I a lot of areas across the US it's impossible to live without a car.
@@yukko_parra The traffic solution is in telecommuting, not public transport. Public transport works where people are moving along a few major roads to a set of common destination points, or at least, traveling any short distance. As far as most sprawling suburbs are concerned, you have a grid, with lots of stops, and insufficient ridership for most roads, 24/7. I used to take the bus, and even the faster bus routes take an hour and half to travel vs 15 minutes by car, counting wait times, and stops. Factor in the added occasional bus breakdown, fully occupied buses, and delays, and it is a bad option for timely arrival at work, shuttling kids, etc., for even the most dedicated time planner. In my area, we tried the bus, it was a dismal failure. The problem has no real solution, and at the current price point of building underground infrastructure, subways aren't a viable options. Shoes, bikes, and cars are just simpler, and works everywhere.
@@highonsmog
true true
well that at least solves the problem of too many cars on the road
I'm always saying there should be at least one community center to every neighborhood, no exception.
_A multi-function area; Library, computer lab, meeting rooms, makerspaces, and public gardens. Stretch goals a pool and gym._
These days many books and encyclopedias are digitized and wont take up too much space for the ones that are physical.
A stack of cheap e-reader tablets, and a good bit of lounge area.
A few meeting rooms and a computer lab probably aren't going to be much bigger than a 10x12 foot bedroom each.
Gardens could be spread out, some space on the rooftop, some around the building, maybe even some live greenery inside to keep the mood.
Honestly, the footprint isn't much larger than a single lot in a neighborhood, I don't see why it isn't always set aside.
This would raise the entire areas property value, having a place away from home only a couple blocks away, to do whatever.
Imo this would be the best solution, but I think this is kind of what exists in some ways and its the start of what we see now with shopping areas. But having an area of commercial areas separated by a bit of green space so as not to disturb or endanger nearby houses would. begreat. everything central, but not in the way or disruptive, best of both worlds.
@@zieteniere7500 For a community center to be the most useful, it can't be more than a couple blocks from any residence. The urban sprawl with shops at it's edges, is much further than many people are willing to walk.
I wouldn't consider such a place, as I described to fit with the 'commercial' zoning, as it seems more of a smaller civic center.
Civic centers have public buildings, but are generally central in cities, and are blocks wide. Where as the community lot I propose may not be much larger than a single housing lot, and is centered in each subdivision or neighborhood.
More focus on community access and enrichment, less on any sort of vanity or profit for the city.
This is a lovely idea but in most places in the USA it would be destroyed by people who don't care about others. My neighborhood has a pool, playground, and dog park and the costs go up every year because people break in to the pool after hours and leave broken beer bottles everywhere, as well as engaging in other antisocial behavior that damages the property. We don't believe in community in this country, we believe in "F yours, I got mine"
This is possible in Australia but with strict guidelines and regulations. It's not very widespread though but more likely to happen within suburbs with a high number of migrants. It's quite common to see hairdressers and nail salons, but I've also seen the occasional veterinary and even general practice clinics! I think they're good, especially where there are no shops nearby and wish they're more widespread.
the politicians and auto makers are teaming up to scam us. zoning regulations require you to drive further and hence consume more. everyone except the elite wishes they were more widespread. Not Just Bikes did a whole episode on it, although not sure how much of it pertains to australia.
One thing that really surprised me in Japan was that (at least out in the Kochi countryside I was staying in) quite a few people had little restaurants in their house. Not purpose built restaurants with a flat/apartment on top, but a single family house with one part converted to a small restaurant.
Here in the UK things have to zoned as residential or commercial, for council tax reasons. It's frustrating. You can run a supper club, but can't turn your front room into a cafe.
Japan's zoning laws are different in that they are inclusive, meaning that every level of zoning has the same permissions of the zoning level below it.
For example, a high density office block can build residential units along with small commercial shops or even small machine shops in the same area. Whether the developer does this is optional, but it's easier to attract tenants when you can provide more synergistic arrangements in the same building
@@maxamaxa194 having flats above shops isn't uncommon in lots of parts of the world, but something I found very strange in Japan was vertical stacking of businesses that I would normally only expect to find on the ground floor. In cities you will find buildings with shops, cafes, clubs etc all accessible from an exterior stairwell that has a single street entrance. It took some getting used to!
Here in the UK it's usually a shop at ground level and sometimes offices or a beauty parlor above, but never that way.
It’s not uncommon in the U.K. for buildings to be mixed use though? A lot of shops have the owners living in the flat above. I guess legally the properties are sometimes separated? But not always.
@@user-ed7et3pb4o this went beyond that though, it wasn't like separate shop with flat above. I literally met a few people who opened up their home dining room as a restaurant 3 days a week
Asian is SUCCESSFUL & PROVEN IT WORK WELL!!
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, private house can running BUSSINES AS THEY WANT. Unless it very dirty/toxic or loud bussiness, it get caught & kick out by gorvement!!
But ppl have no problems if running small coffee shop, veggies shop, rice shop, foods shop, restaurants & mini supermarket!!
OF COURSE APARTMENT/CONDOS & HIGH END HOUSE IN SOME AREAS IS NOT ALLOW PPL RUNNING BUSSINESS!!
But the whole part of country, ppl can do their private bussiness in their lands, in their house IF ITS NOT LOUDSY OR CHEMICAL TOXIC MANUFACTURING, then no problems!!
I’m from SOUTHEAST ASIA.
I ARGREE RUNNING BUSSINES IN PRIVATE HOUSE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL IF ITS LOUSY, DIRT & DANGEROUS FIELDS!!
But it should be LEGAL & FREEDOM IF PPL WANT TO DO BUSSINESS & OPEN STORES IN THEIR OWN PROPERTY, IT THEIR RIGHTFUL & THEIR FREEDOM!!
as long as they’re sign paper & pay taxes & not affect neighbors.
mexico still has these, especially in rural towns. instead of walking or driving to the plaza you can get something to eat across the street, its incredible
They have them everywhere, I have never been in any city/town that doesn’t have that. It truly is a libertarians paradise
@@leonardolopez637 libertarian....ewwww
@@gaim44 LMAO says the dirty communist.
I am a libertarian socialist
@@leonardolopez637 It is a wondrous organic thing.
In Australia (where I was born and still live) suburbs that were built during the 1950s typically have a few properties that have shop spaces for “front yard businesses” some of them are connected to houses however most of the shop spaces are abandoned but most of the houses that are attached to them are still lived in also they’re typically on the corner of two roads. But some are making a comeback they’re becoming coffee shops because café culture is really big here in Australia.
Here in New Orleans my family had a few different businesses just like this. My Dad, and Stepmom had a little neighborhood grocery store and butcher shop in the Irish Channel on Saint Thomas, and Josephine St. that was across the street from the St. Thomas Projects. My Uncle and his wife had O’Donnell’s Bar a few blocks down from the grocery store. My grandparents plus my mom and uncle’s had a Bar and Restaurant named Dominick’s. Every one of them was their house connected to them except for my grandparents place all lived upstairs over the building. The was other family members that also had Bars with their house behind and connected or above them too. My Mama, and Stepdad had a Snowball stand/shop in the front of our house, and we also sold illegal fireworks at the snowball stand in a hidden room that you had to open and lift up the stairs in between the snowball stand and house.
gotta love when laws remove all nuance to society just because of a couple people's hardline opinions on things
America is uniquely litigious. People could instead be relying on agreements and reputation, but nope. Contracts everywhere and hell/money to pay if you break them even within reason.
This isn't a society-wide thing. It's usually just local ordinances. If you don't like it, move somewhere that allows it.
@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 and that's why island countries like the UK and Japan seem to fare better. There's fewer places to "move along" to.
@@krunkle5136 Muh urbanism =/= objectively better
You like this? Cause I hate it
Neighborhoods with HOAs are the worst when it comes to adding creative and practical value to a community. It would be nice to see the "rules" relaxed enough to bring small biz and micro-farming to neighborhood lawns. In our city, the houses in the most walkable areas are the ones where the houses on the main streets were converted to businesses or mixed use buildings. It would do the planet a lot of good to make it so most of everything a person needs is within walking distance of where they live.
The only way to defeat HOAs is simple: Don't buy a house in one.
If you chose to move into a house that is part of an HOA, you deserve everything you get.
@@DW11111 OR...change the laws (or bi-laws) so people can live wherever they want and still have the option to work from home and live as independently as possible. Thinking in absolute terms is very limiting...when there's a will, there's a way.
@@BS-detector why would the law revolve around you, you pretty entitled i would say. The Hoa exist, you can either follow the rule or get a house in unregulated communities. Most i seen in hoa community are own by retired and old people that want peace and safety, they seek that comfort knowing there wont be people screaming at 2 am or staying next to crackhouse. I dont live in NA, but from where i am every neighbourhood have a row of store build specifically for the neighbourhood on walking distance including neighbourhood with hoa. Store all less than 100m distance from neighbourhood, i could take a bicycle and be there less than a minute.
@@durian111 What makes you think I'm the only one who wants the freedom to work from home and grow their own food in a neighborhood with very strict HOA rules? Who said anything about opening up a 24/7 nightclub in their garage? If a group of neighbors in an HOA get together to re-write the bi-laws to relax the regulations according to what everyone in that community wants and votes on...who are you to say that's wrong or it can't be done? Quit being judgmental and closed minded. Not everyone can ride a bike. Not every HOA neighborhood is the same and every new development these days has one. Take a look around before you jump on someone who's merely making suggestions on how to make things better for EVERYONE instead of complying to some close minded, negative nellies who are afraid of change.
@@durian111 There's another point to be made here and that is that most single family home neighborhoods are not retirement communities and if you happen to have bought a home with HOA rules pre-pandemic with bi-laws stating that home based businesses are not allowed, that includes all the people who were forced to suddenly do remote work with their computers. It's an outdated rule that requires updating because there are legal ramifications related to HOAs. Change is necessary and good sometimes, so you can follow all the old ridiculous rules if that's what you want, but I prefer to keep things relevant and make changes according to what's most practical for the time being. I'm not alone in this thinking.
Love these vids! Please do more of them . Born in Van, but moved away since it is no longer affordable.
Myself as well. ❤❤❤❤
That's interesting, I would've just figured it was lobbying by big businesses like Walmart to try to snuff out any uprising competition.
Asian is SUCCESSFUL & PROVEN IT WORK WELL!!
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, private house can running BUSSINES AS THEY WANT. Unless it very dirty/toxic or loud bussiness, it get caught & kick out by gorvement!!
But ppl have no problems if running small coffee shop, veggies shop, rice shop, foods shop, restaurants & mini supermarket!!
OF COURSE APARTMENT/CONDOS & HIGH END HOUSE IN SOME AREAS IS NOT ALLOW PPL RUNNING BUSSINESS!!
But the whole part of country, ppl can do their private bussiness in their lands, in their house IF ITS NOT LOUDSY OR CHEMICAL TOXIC MANUFACTURING, then no problems!!
I’m from SOUTHEAST ASIA.
I ARGREE RUNNING BUSSINES IN PRIVATE HOUSE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL IF ITS LOUSY, DIRT & DANGEROUS FIELDS!!
But it should be LEGAL & FREEDOM IF PPL WANT TO DO BUSSINESS & OPEN STORES IN THEIR OWN PROPERTY, IT THEIR RIGHTFUL & THEIR FREEDOM!!
as long as they’re sign paper & pay taxes & not affect neighbors.
This have NOTHING TO DO WITH WALMART STOP SPREAD LIARS!!
It’s all about law system & zoning in US IS DIFFERENT. They’re not fix & changing their mistake, they’re not flexible like ASIA GORVEMENT.
Remember laws crest by ppl & can change by ppl!!
But in US, they’re create this ridiculous laws & even it proven it have problems- they’re not easy to accept it & not easy to changing it.
US always say they have more freedom than China but exactly CHINA HAVE MORE FREEDOM & HUMAN RIGHTS THAN US.
Chinese ppl can running bussiness, stores in their own properties, all legal & no problems!!
I like the idea of a whole bunch of small personally owned businesses. Because then your reputation and service are even more important so the quality of goods/services is higher because it only takes a few bad customers to ruin a shotty business and the same goes for elevating a great one.
This is basically many places in Asia such as Taiwan, the Philippines, etc
By making it harder and more expensive for new businesses to get started, competition is eliminated for the existing businesses.
It's the classic "climb the ladder, then saw off the rungs below you".
One of the things that immediately stood out to me when I moved to China in 09' was how easy it was for a motivated man to start his own business.
A guy would sledgehammer a hole the size of a closet into a community wall, install a simple fridge and be in business, selling drinks and cigarettes, basically over night.
...Or get a cart and sell food on the street.
I really admired how fast a motivated person could go from being an employee to being an entrepreneur.
Yeah, and 装修 (renovations) is a serious noise problem in China. It's all fun and games until all of yours neighbors decide to do this too--and then you live with the damn commotion all day and night long.
@@svendays It's just a fact that you're going to have construction noise if you're living inside a city in China.
Even if you aren't beside a new building that's going up, and so don't have to hear the trucks showing up at 2-4am and laying on the horn, you're definitely going to have people in your building renovating, so the drilling and tapping is just a constant.
...But this is related to the housing industry more than nine times out of ten.
Even if a full sized chain moves into the bottom of your building, it usually takes them less than a month due to standard bribes equaling zero construction and safety inspections, so they'll bother you a lot less than your neighbors most of the time.
...And no, I don't agree with the open bribery or the lack of building and safety inspections, but I DO think there's a happy middle ground between China and the West's ways of doing business that isn't being explored.
Interesting 🤔.
Internet businesses are easy af
Nice pfp
Wow, About Here, the way you put this together, the pace, the images, the facts, the story, the charming host, just perfection
Barcelona’s city layout is the ideal for a city. Businesses and residential zones are on top of each other. Essentially business are within walking distance.
If only the crime wasn’t so bad man. Those pick pockets
Why dont you just look at Tokyo zoning laws..
Europe has better countries because of this.
I live there not so nice actually
@@oliverkat why not
This still exists in Taiwan and I was so envious. It allows people to easily start business since it’s so cheap to just start selling stuff in front of your home.
Same in Japan. There is zoning for heavier industry and the like but that's about it. And even there you'll find quite large factories tucked next to residential areas - that's where the workers for the factory live and the commute can be a few hundred meters
I'm living in Taiwan now, and I was careful to choose a building that didn't allow mixed use above the first floor, and given the current Pandemic, I'm glad! I hate the idea of strangers going in and out of my building, bringing dirt, noise, and possible disease into the residential floors. When I lived in the US, I felt the same way, while there are a lot of mixed use zones, I'm glad we lived in a residential only zone. Frankly speaking, mixed use zones had higher crime rates and were much noisier.
@@cyberdrakon i live in the us and plan on living in taiwan when i'm an adult
It exists in most of the world only north America is the exception.
Asian is SUCCESSFUL & PROVEN IT WORK WELL!!
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, private house can running BUSSINES AS THEY WANT. Unless it very dirty/toxic or loud bussiness, it get caught & kick out by gorvement!!
But ppl have no problems if running small coffee shop, veggies shop, rice shop, foods shop, restaurants & mini supermarket!!
OF COURSE APARTMENT/CONDOS & HIGH END HOUSE IN SOME AREAS IS NOT ALLOW PPL RUNNING BUSSINESS!!
But the whole part of country, ppl can do their private bussiness in their lands, in their house IF ITS NOT LOUDSY OR CHEMICAL TOXIC MANUFACTURING, then no problems!!
I’m from SOUTHEAST ASIA.
I ARGREE RUNNING BUSSINES IN PRIVATE HOUSE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL IF ITS LOUSY, DIRT & DANGEROUS FIELDS!!
But it should be LEGAL & FREEDOM IF PPL WANT TO DO BUSSINESS & OPEN STORES IN THEIR OWN PROPERTY, IT THEIR RIGHTFUL & THEIR FREEDOM!!
as long as they’re sign paper & pay taxes & not affect neighbors.
This is about "Victorian" wealth standards where you had enough money to have land for enjoyment. Some cultures see ANY land as an opportunity to be grabbed, and effectively destroy any aesthetics and natural enjoyment.
In the US many states have cottage food laws that essentially allow you to produce food products from your house with minimal oversight. It varies by state, what you can make, and sometimes how much you can sale. But all of them allow you to use your homes kitchen. In Florida there’s no fee, no permit, and a large amount to earn.
Where I live, soooo many people would make farmers markets out of their front yards. It would be so good. Especially in low income areas and food deserts
Creators take note: When you make great content like this, you don't have to ask for a like/subscribe, it happens organically.
Glad you added that comment. I make extremely boring videos and never ask for likes. This video was over the top great and like you pointed out I was hitting the Like button without needing to be nudged!
the problem is... even if you make great content.. asking folks to like/sub/comment actually increases engagement. So sure you'll get likes and subs but you won't get as many as if you make that statement. Sad but true fact.
I think it's in youtube monetization program requirements. most of creators don't want to do it anyway
It's ok to ask.
That's the worst advice ever. It's called a CTA. Call To Action to subscribe. Every article, email, advertisement, video, webpage needs it.
I think re adding this would be a great idea.
My issue is where i live there isnt enough space for a seperate/attached area for a business. But that could change over time, just like all the different ideas youve covered here.
Great work!
Awesome video! That's what loved about Iquitos, Peru. Nearly every couple of houses sold something. Lots of street restaurants. It was interesting, one neighbor would sell lunch from 10-3, M-F, another neighbor would sell dinner 4-8 M-F. Then on the weekends they would be closed, and the other neighbors would open there restaurants for weekend dinners. There was always cheap food cooking around the corner!
I live in Portugal, and my dad has his company established in our house. Back when he was starting his life, if he had to build an entirely different building, on a entirely different plot of land he had to purchase, I don't know if he would've been able to make it. If anything, allowing people to start businesses in their own homes is a way to make them free from the often huge financial burden that comes from founding a business.
Your last sentence is exactly why the government made them illegal. They can't control you as easily if there's less social mobility.
Bug the government only wants you to think you're free, not to be truly free
Asian is SUCCESSFUL & PROVEN IT WORK WELL!!
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, private house can running BUSSINES AS THEY WANT. Unless it very dirty/toxic or loud bussiness, it get caught & kick out by gorvement!!
But ppl have no problems if running small coffee shop, veggies shop, rice shop, foods shop, restaurants & mini supermarket!!
OF COURSE APARTMENT/CONDOS & HIGH END HOUSE IN SOME AREAS IS NOT ALLOW PPL RUNNING BUSSINESS!!
But the whole part of country, ppl can do their private bussiness in their lands, in their house IF ITS NOT LOUDSY OR CHEMICAL TOXIC MANUFACTURING, then no problems!!
I’m from SOUTHEAST ASIA.
I ARGREE RUNNING BUSSINES IN PRIVATE HOUSE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL IF ITS LOUSY, DIRT & DANGEROUS FIELDS!!
But it should be LEGAL & FREEDOM IF PPL WANT TO DO BUSSINESS & OPEN STORES IN THEIR OWN PROPERTY, IT THEIR RIGHTFUL & THEIR FREEDOM!!
as long as they’re sign paper & pay taxes & not affect neighbors.
I set up a little art studio in my home this year and started an art youtube channel. Not commuting has made me so much happier. I wake up, drink some coffee, play with my dog, watch some youtube videos and start working. I've never been more relaxed and satisfied with my work situation in my life. I hope others can have the same opportunities of starting a business from home.
Making Pokemon sculpts is neither the foundation of a sound business nor art. You're a shameless hack who has neither the intelligence or creativity to make something unique. I hope you make it big; just so Nintendo in their fantastic litigious fashion can sue you for everything you are worth plus extra.
@@craftsmanceramics8653 you’re an actual blight
@@craftsmanceramics8653 I guess your Ceramics video business failed?
@@jUQMtDmf video? No lol. There isn't enough money there. Don't mistake my vitriol for jealously or failure; I hate uncreative hacks with a passion. Making lackluster figures of a popular ip and bragging about it online defines my burning hatred.
@@craftsmanceramics8653 Are you ok? I wish you the best in your artistic endeavors and success.
Another reason for such neighborhood zoning laws was the increase of vehicular ownership. Yes, it's nice to have a small business in your house. My family opened a soda/malt shop in a residential neighborhood that also had a previous grocery store on the corner in 1924. The business changed to a tavern in 1933 after President Franklin Roosevelt took office and the business ran until it was sold & closed in 2001. We were always mindful to make sure that patrons parked their cars to pickup drink or food and not tie-up traffic double-parking. We lived NEXT DOOR to the business. When zoning laws changed in early 1960's our family business was "grandfathered-in" and partnered with our neighbors.
Your video mentioned potential disturbance of neighbors. The image of compressed gas? How would residents feel about compressed gas explosions where their children play? Moving certain businesses away from residents where people sleep is a good thing.
Another verbal example you used is where businesses like MicroSoft and Apple "started". Electronics development, artwork, secretarial services and similar non-chemical items have low impact. Those two companies knew they could not manufacture their developed products in their garage; there were already zoning laws in place to protect the value of property of the people that didn't want to live next to a factory.
The mixture of your PRO-examples are not a fair image of reality; for Canada or the USA (since you desired to include North America).
I'm pleased that Vancouver, Canada has eased some of their zoning restrictions to offer more opportunities to their citizens. Please remember; just because you individually want something like the desire to work from home because you can't afford to buy or rent a business location is not a reason to open the gate to chaos. Plan your work and work your plan so you and your community can prosper. My best hopes for you!
I grew up in the Netherlands in the 80’s. My doctor made an office in his front yard, he was my house doctor too. Miss those days.
In Jamaica, my grand parents had so much land as our family compound, they had a mom and pop store and a bar at the front which was a community staple; and, enough space in the back to build their family house, a separate apartment building, and even an apartment on the back if the commercial building. Heck, many property owners in the area did the same. I didn't know how wealthy they were since I was only a kid. God bless their memory and enterprise.
The editing on this was super nice! Really enjoyed it
A wild Evan appears!
Agreed
it's weird to know that you're aware of the city in which I live for some reason. as if it should be a special little secret only residents know about.
@@evelynolson5731 who are you talking to?
@@johhnycroft9335 Evan lol
When my sister and I wanted to open a laundry, we just build small area in front of our parents' house. That was 12 years ago when I was 19. Now my sister has her own house and a small "restaurant".
It blew my mind when I first heard how hard it is to open a small business in the US.
This channel is awesome. Keep up the hard work!
Calloway Grocery was run by an old couple when I was a kid in the 60s and 70s. North Augusta, SC. It was a "front yard" business. To the best of my knowledge, it was the only one to exist in North Augusta.
The back door of the store was the front door of their home.
Mrs. Calloway grew vegetables in the back yard to sell in the store. She also took on sewing jobs. My mother was on a very tight budget, so I got new clothes once a year whether I needed them or not. Half way through the year, I would have no knees in most of my trousers. I remember at least one time getting patches sewed on by Mrs. Calloway.
3:55 that's hilarious how so much of that waterfront property, which is now some of Canada's most expensive real estate, was all industrial. Another great video!
A tale told all over the west. London docklands, Auckland Wynyard Quarter, pretty much every waterfront western city. Industry left for the developing world and left behind land usually in the downtown right beside large housing and office districts.
And not that long ago. The 1986 Expo basically encouraged a lot of those new condo developments.
Not really a surprise, back then industrial need water front properties to either reduce pollution to more inland residential area and reduce shipping cost. These days with larger scale industrial operations these smaller industrial zones are not longer competitive, and affordable to tear down to build residential.
Water also good for dumping garbage.
Thank you!! Oh yea, it's crazy to see the transformation over time. Planning on doing a video on the loss of industrial land in cities because of it!
how am I only finding out about this channel now, this is awesome.
This is awesome, and so well made. Thank you!
I thought I knew all there was to know about the history of single family homes in vancouver but this may have been the most informative video I’ve seen on it. Uytae you’ve done it again, you genius!
Ruining the esthetics for ones own self interest is wrong. My 2 cents
not only are the qualities of these videos insanely good, but i also wanted to let you know how good you are as a host/narrator. you have a natural camera presence in front of the camera and it doesn't feel forced in the slightest. a true talent.
Agreed, I am glad this person has found their niche and passion ☺️
Totally agree this popped up randomly , great vid , love it that it’s about vancity to
@strayarticle lol never seen someone so jealous of someone else's compliment
@strayarticle HAHA
I just stumbled onto this channel and was surprised to see my old house (The Mighty Oak) that I shared with fellow Emily Carr art students back in the early 90's.
As someone living in the Caribbean, this made me say ooooo this is so normal for us. Having small businesses in residential areas provides so much convenience for us so that we don't have to go to the main capitals for many things,. It also generates economic activity within the communities as well.
Nah, they CHOSE to eliminate the hybrid areas. There could have been home only zoning, business only zoning, and dual operation home/business zones.
I love how predictable rich people are in any era. They always hate the idea of people gathering and, dare I say, organizing.
They don't like seeing poor people come out of poverty.
They dont like competition because they can't compete with others. That's why they have to stuff the working class down with lobbiyists and regulations that only prevent people from making a life of their own.
in ancient babylon, it was a requirement that every new king forgive all debts because the poor people just band together and attack the rich people and trying to rule over them just didnt work
Edit: Its also in Leviticus 25
... keep thinking that way if you want. You are probably the only reason for you economic status. The more money people have, the more they can spend on my products. The more products there are. Everyone benefits when we all make money... everyone suffers when the is no economy.
The real evil is the government god you think will save you and should provide for you. When they get in bed with buisness and use the law to benefit themselves/family.
Gatherings are for the elite, not the dirty peasants.
Traveling to the Philippines opened my eyes to this as well. In the Philippines they have sari-sari stores (pronunciation is close to sorry-sorry) and it's family run, if you don't want to go to the local grocery store or 711 for milk, noodles, beer or other necessities, you go to a neighborhood sari-sari store. It's nice to know you're supporting local businesses.
As a Filipino I agree 100% with you
My son showed me this great video and I recognized the wonderful tailor I go to in Langley !
When a lived in Thailand as a kid, our very small neighborhood had some shops running.
I loved that. Small neighborhood communities are kind of fascinating.
Yeah, it came through my mind that little shops in the neighborhood would encourage neighbors to socialise with eachother a lot more.
It's a great idea. A way to bypass all of the big box stores or force them to compete price wise and shop locally which directly redistributes the communities economic capital bringing neighborhoods together and at the same time lowering the theft epidemic and making the streets safer from crimes.
Regulatory capture. The big box stores have the money to lobby laws and regulations so they do and so the rules benefit them and harm competitors. All regulations are geared towards crushing smaller business and by extent the middle class.
and probably fixes a lot of social issues at same time. Even stupid stuff like opportunity to actually meet and talk with people rises a lot.
We have a small independent hardware store in downtown Biloxi that I try to go to. They don’t compete with Lowe’s or Home Depot but they have a lot of normally needed home repair items and some unusual stuff not found at the big ones, including Walmart. The employees/owners are also the nicest folks you’ll ever meet.
and thats exactly why it will never happen
Incredible information! Side note: the "Bakery" and Sriracha bits were hilarious!!
I remember growing up as a kid in Jamaica we always see businesses in front of peoples house
I think there is also something to be said for the environmental aspect of people not having to drive as much. Great video.
Asian is SUCCESSFUL & PROVEN IT WORK WELL!!
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, private house can running BUSSINES AS THEY WANT. Unless it very dirty/toxic or loud bussiness, it get caught & kick out by gorvement!!
But ppl have no problems if running small coffee shop, veggies shop, rice shop, foods shop, restaurants & mini supermarket!!
OF COURSE APARTMENT/CONDOS & HIGH END HOUSE IN SOME AREAS IS NOT ALLOW PPL RUNNING BUSSINESS!!
But the whole part of country, ppl can do their private bussiness in their lands, in their house IF ITS NOT LOUDSY OR CHEMICAL TOXIC MANUFACTURING, then no problems!!
I’m from SOUTHEAST ASIA.
I ARGREE RUNNING BUSSINES IN PRIVATE HOUSE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL IF ITS LOUSY, DIRT & DANGEROUS FIELDS!!
But it should be LEGAL & FREEDOM IF PPL WANT TO DO BUSSINESS & OPEN STORES IN THEIR OWN PROPERTY, IT THEIR RIGHTFUL & THEIR FREEDOM!!
as long as they’re sign paper & pay taxes & not affect neighbors.
This video had created a problem in your mind which never existed. Small business have always been just around the corner, walking distance. Seriously think about it.
@@modernwonders9896 could you tell me any newly built corner stores in metro Vancouver ?
@@modernwonders9896
As a Door to Door salesmen who needs to use the bathroom frequently I got a written warning for asking a homeowner to use their BR in the first month(cops got called because I simply asked to use their BR). I cannot tell you the amount of times I had to find the nearest woods to use the bathroom. Even more that some times if my route didn't make it direct id have to walk at least 10-20 minutes out of the way after holding it for an hour. Only near centers like a village, or downtown could I have access to a real bathroom via public businesses.
One time I held it for 2 hours in 15*f walked out of my designated area by 15 minutes and went behind a church. Because for 2 hours of walking 4-5 miles worth, I had 0 better options, No gas station, restaurant, woods, or anywhere that would logically have a public bathroom. Plan B was to pee onto someone's tall shrubs on their side lawn.
To say, "This video had created a problem in your mind which never existed" is a slap in the face to someone who has spent 6 months day in and out walking around suburbia. I can assure you at how unwalkable US suburbs are by the fact 80% don't even invest in sidewalks.
My grandma lives in an incredibly rural area of Chile and most businesses where she lived were in people’s front yards. It always made so much sense to me, you already have that land you might as well use it
Growing up in New Zealand there were small convenience stores, called a dairy, every few blocks in residential neighbourhoods. These were normally built onto the front of a house, where the owner and family lived. But with supermarkets extending their hours they're unfortunately disappearing. Luckily, there's still one three blocks from my home, on a busy road, saving me a trip to the supermarket to get milk and bread and other basics. These businesses don't detract from a community, they encourage interaction with those living around us and are a great benefit to residents.
I think maybe there should be some regulation in how their built, so they dont end up looking goofy.
Along with adding a "building manual" I think these styles of businesses can make a HUGE comeback
If there was a cafe within walking distance, I would be there constantly. I would eat there, drink there, get my work done there, etc.
A freedom I thankfully enjoy 😎
(All of my needs are at most 300 metres away from me)
My aunt used to live in an older neighborhood with a cafe, car mechanic, and a laundromat if I'm remembering correctly... Nope. Google says it also has an architect, hair salon, and grocery, in addition to the school nearby. :)
Same, walking distance places need to be more common.
@@greenmachine5600 like in Europe ?
That parts great, but after the cafe, the next guys is going to install a liquor store, a butcher, a pawn shop, other things less desirable to live near. And that's what happened, so all the businesses were pulled and hence no more cafes.
Bring back the front yard businesses. The government has no place to tell you what you should be able to do with your private property. Most of the regulations we have in modern society derive from situations in which a person used the government to leverage their competition into submission because they couldn't "win" on a fair playing field.
Very well said
kinda feel like if i have to pay a subscription to the city to 'own the land' it isn't really mine now is it? Still though I agree I would love to see atleast certain buisnesses brought back. I was going to do small scale baking a while back, but since you basically have to have a second 'food-service-only' area it was impossible.
I think you’re forgetting your neighbors who don’t want strangers clogging up their neighborhood. It’s not the government it’s the old homeowners who care about property value
If you provide parking and garbage bins, then go for it.
I want to open up a saw mill to reclaim used lumber. Can I be your neighbor? Maybe you can get in with me and we can use both our yards for the saw mill.
I live in a nice neighborhood in a college town in se Idaho. And I'm going to blow you're mind. There's a guy down the street that has his own chiropractor clinic out of his home. Not an immigrant. People sell plant starts on many residential street corners in the spring, and there are a lot of lemonade stands all through summer. I know a lot of people in the neighborhood that have their own startups actually. The guy across the street runs a interior design studio with his wife, from home. There's the housing inspector, the construction guy, and the guy who specializes in shelves. All work from home just in my neighborhood alone. There's also several 3d print and lazer studios in the area out of peoples homes. All of these began before the pandemic even
This is the future we NEED! A good reminder that not all “progress” is really “better”.
Brilliant content as always. I never knew any of this in too much detail. I lived in a street car suburb in Ottawa back when I was in college and realised now that on key intersections with bus stops that ran straight to university, there would be laundromats, pizzerias, book stores, and even convenience stores nearby. Mad to think that something so useful to the community isn't even to legal to build anymore. The rules need to change!
Agreed
Oh boy. you're going to enjoy Montreal! Not only is there a cafe on the corner, the circus roadie downstairs is basically a retailer at this point.
Montreal is always lit
And yet housing costs are ridiculous because the governments do everything they can to block building projects or disfavor them. The city risks going bankrupt as people with good jobs all leave to work remotely from where it's cheaper.
welcome to sydney... in australia
half is single family, half is... whatever you want
Only Montreal clike this. But I wonder how many of their building structures are as fucked as their roads.
Ottawa byward market is a complete shit hole right now. When I worked at the rocky mountain chocolate factory.i seen it all. And people are so stubborn to keep that byward market building cause if history. When Ottawa shut down downtown. They should of demolished the byward market building. Bunch of idiots not taking advantage of it.
Awesome and informative video! keep them coming! Liked and Subscribed halfway through
WHAT a fantastic video. Love your channel. Thank you.
I agree with you, unfortunately, this doesn't breed the kind of dependency on banks that our leaders are hell-bent on imposing.
Ahhhh, a comment I can relate to. People have accepted that being in debt is perfectly okay....It is tax deductible if done right. Foolish, we have all allowed ourselves to become foolish.
Debt should be applied like chemo therapy.......and in years to come we will learn that chemo should not be applied at all.
My grandmother did this, she opened her hair salon on the 1st level of the home and freaking loves it. She can go upstairs to her home leisurely and make her meals instead of ordering out and then can just go upstairs and get ready for bed while a client is under the dryer for an hour
What a great video, and one I relate to immensely.
I grew up in typical Canadian suburbia. The neighbourhood was basically one giant cul-de-sac zoned for only single family homes on half acre lots. It had no public transit, and was on a pretty steep ridge, so as a kid, you were essentially trapped up there. It was completely cut off from the rest of the city.
I had no idea about urban planning or zoning laws when I was nine years old, but what I did know is that I wanted a convenience store in my neighbourhood. Some place that the people of the community could bump in to each other at. Where you could buy a comic book, a carton of milk, a baseball or play Street Fighter 2 with your friends. To me, even at that age, it made no sense that everyone in the neighbourhood was so far away from everything. Why couldn't we have some local businesses in our own backyard?
To this day, besides some pretty shoddy bus service, it remains the same as it did back then. Everything you need requires a ten minutes drive at least, and that's just one way. Something like a front yard business would do wonders for the neighbourhood.
Sounds a lot like where I grew up in fake London.
Small business is what keeps our economy running, Great video!
This is at the hart of Capitalism, where you guve the small guy a chance to follow his dream. As I side effect you will also reduce greenhouses gases, as you will not have so many cars on the streets and roads!!!! I hate these new communities where I have to jump in the car to do anything rather than take a walk, or get on my bike to go to the store. It gives you a sense of pride in your community!!!!
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Nothing exclusively capitalist about that, would be even better in socialism but if the business is a part of someone's house they still should have the biggest say on what happens there
Amen brother!
@Der Porkmeister ok
yup, competition is better for everyone, as is variety and the chance to do your own thing.
This is so puzzling to me having only lived in Asia where shop houses are quite normal.
yes planning law is more lax in some asian countries, thats not necessarily a good thing, people importing their cultural planning values with them isn't necessarily good either.
I thought it gave cities character. Everything is walking distance. If it's not, then everything is dense enough to justify mass transit. Strict zoning like this just creates monotonous seas of suburbia where everything you need to do needs transport by car.
Same. I think American politicians and their corporate lobbyists just hates small businesses and competition
My biggest gripe about this is strict zoning like this makes commute times unnecessarily long. (If you care about the environment, carbon footprint is another issue.) When there is separation between zones where you can work, zones where you can shop and zones where you can live, that also drives property prices up and everything down the line like cost of services because it costs more for businesses to operate.
Imagine living in an apartment or even 2-story home, walking distance from a premium mall, or wagyu restaurant, an office tower or even just simply a local mom & pop shop. That's a thing in Asia, whether you're thinking of shithole countries or the richer ones like China, Korea and Japan. If you go to Taipei and Bangkok, it's actually relatively affordable to live in the city center. You need to be a millionaire if you want to do this in a city like New York because strict zoning meant all the development are concentrated in one spot instead of spread out, so property prices are astronomically high.
You don't want to live next a place with large foot fraffic? Then don't. You can still choose to live far from the city center like you do in the west. But strict zoning just removes that choice from people. And when given the choice, it seems people do prefer to live densely next to each other.
Happens alot in the UK too
Exciting and wonderful concept 👍 I’d like to see commercial areas opened up to allow people to live there too. If carefully done many workers or small business owners would prefer not to commute every day. It’s possible to convert a small space into living.
Love what you did with "Bakery" as a name. :-) I'm a bit south of you and quite a bit east of you (I'm in the MD suburbs of Washington, DC)... and the rule around here is not only restrictions on where one can have a business, but Home Owner Association restrictions on how many people you can have in & out of your house (the exception being people who live there and/or occasional parties), as well as how much grass you have out front and how green that grass is. The entire idea is that the neighborhood is supposed to have a very specific appearance come hell, high water, or the manufacturer discontinuing the only type of exterior paint sanctioned by the HOA (it took them almost 3 years to figure out they couldn't require people to use a product that didn't exist, so now we have a different paint as the *required* one to choose). My neighborhood is a mix of garden apartments, larger townhouses, smaller townhouses, large single-family homes, small single-family homes, and a section with oddly-spaced townhouses that look like apartments... with some streets being wide enough for on-street parking with plenty of space for 2-way traffic all the way down to a few cul-de-sacs where neighbors have to cooperate on getting cars in & out (God save 'em if a fire truck or ambulance needs access). We've basically been zoned and regulated into our homes being a place to sleep & watch TV but absotively posilutely nothing else. :-(
They're a benefit as long as the clientele keeps out of neighbors' yards/driveways. And obviously, there are still safety concerns with certain types of stores/shops using your example of compressed gasses as a clear cut no-no for neighborhood stores.
He’s just mad he can’t sell compressed gas like lemonade.
We had to keep those in a special area and in a locker not only because they were a frequent target of theft (he never even mentioned how certain businesses were crime magnets) but also because they explode.
Which is really bad for your baby trying to have a nap 30 feet away next door, among other things.
My city just had a materials manufacture operating quietly in a residential neighborhood slapped with a massive lawsuit after a pattern of child health issues in the neighborhood due to the contamination of air and water in the area, so if he thinks there’s a lot of legislation now, wait until this thing happens….
I noticed a few of these cafes in Kitsilano, and they are cherished gems in the neighborhood. Incredible writing and production, as always.
Loved all those examples of people going rogue, hahaha.
I live in a community where a lot of older buildings near the centre of town are 3 stories tall. Most of them have been revamped into resturants with (a) living space(s) above. Some owners of smaller businesses/ buildings usually will live on the floor above.
Then we have the businesses within the home itself. Barbers, Beauty Salons, Investment Firms, Insurance and Dental (for some odd reason)
Around Dallas, there are new apartments/condos that use that concept. Addison, TX has one that doesn’t feel like Texas, except for the heat, because it has so many mature trees shading the streets, which have brownstone type apartments and small cafes, restaurants and businesses.
The mighty Oak is my neighbourhood coffee shop. Always busy. As a kid, the “smoke and convenience store” was “Main Market.” A busy convenience shop, for adults and kids, as it was the neighbourhood video arcade.
If you told me this was a Vox video, I would have believed it. You (and your team??) are doing wonders with the production.
he's still using tripods so at most he has an editor. impressive regardless
Impressive indeed, but it lacks soul as these videos get more standarized.
He did most oft the things himself. Look into the credits.
Far better than Vox. He actually did research.
Not sure if that’s a compliment
Every place I’ve worked has been based in a house. From landscaping to fundraising to architecture. It is really bizarre we can’t do that or can only turn a bedroom into an office. Plus all those places I had to walk quite a distance to get to any sort of “amenities” (restaurants, groceries, etc) despite 3 of them being considered in the “downtown” of mid-sized cities.
glad the algorithm boosted your video. good luck!
Banning small in-home businesses is necessary for corporate kings to make more money. They need you driving to WalMart, not going to your neighbor and increasing the middle class. Interestingly in Latin America, these kinds of stores are still the norm.
Mixed use like in Tokyo is great! It creates walkable streets and everything within walking distance.
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