Is There a Value to a Dry County?

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It's much rare that it used to be even, you know, 30, 40 years ago is to be fairly common to have dry counties throughout. It might allow for a lot more people in so far as they value a certain kind of local community,. You'd want them to once and pay for that, price that in the value of land. And I think this gets to your Palo Alto kind of question are Chelsea.

Economic historian Judge Glock talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about zoning and the housing market. Glock argues the impact on zoning on housing affordability is small and that we should learn to love property taxes as long as they're administered properly. The conversation includes a discussion of the environmental impact of urban sprawl--Glock argues sprawl has certain environmental benefits.