Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-the-houses-that-can-t-be-built-in-america-the-missing-middle In many US and Canadian cities you really only have two choices for living: an apartment/condo, or a single family home. The housing options in-between these two extremes - called "Missing Middle Housing" - has been legislated almost out of existence in the US and Canada. Now many cities are starting to doubt these regulations and are (slowly) undoing the car-centric mistakes of the past. This video explores the missing middle, what it was, what it still is in Europe, and what it could be in the future in North America. Sign up to Nebula and watch ad-free and sponsor-free: https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Twitter: https://twitter.com/notjustbikes Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/notjustbikes One-time donations: https://notjustbikes.com/donate NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9v57F4xz46KaDsvWfCv8yw --- Sources and Image Credits Missing Middle Housing Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_Middle_Housing Give Yourself the Green Light (1954) (Public Domain) Henry Jamison Handy https://archive.org/details/GiveYour1954 According to Plan: The Story of Modern Sidewalls for the Homes of America Henry Jamison Handy https://archive.org/details/Accordin1952 Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/18/upshot/cities-across-america-question-single-family-zoning.html A Visual Guide to Detached House Zones in 5 Canadian Cities DataLabTO http://www.datalabto.ca/a-visual-guide-to-detached-houses-in-5-canadian-cities/#:~:text=Although%20one%2Dfamily%20dwelling%20zones,inside%20a%20single%2Dfamily%20house Albee Fourplex 1 - IrvingtonHD - Portland Oregon By Ian Poellet - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53931066 Fourplex in University Heights, Brookland BeyondDC https://www.flickr.com/photos/beyonddc/32654221297/ Where the Missing Middle Isn't Missing Daniel Herriges https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/8/5/where-the-missing-middle-isnt-missing Why Minneapolis Just Made Zoning History https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-07/how-minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey-scored-a-rezoning-win How Minneapolis Ended Single-Family Zoning https://tcf.org/content/report/minneapolis-ended-single-family-zoning/ 99 per cent of Vancouver single-family neighbourhoods now zoned for duplexes https://globalnews.ca/news/4468086/99-per-cent-of-vancouver-single-family-neighbourhoods-now-zoned-for-duplexes/ Oregon Legislature Votes To Essentially Ban Single-Family Zoning https://www.npr.org/2019/07/01/737798440/oregon-legislature-votes-to-essentially-ban-single-family-zoning?t=1614047343190 --- Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:05 Skylines of US vs Europe 0:31 Living in a Concrete Box in the Sky 1:11 The Missing Middle Problem 2:16 The Missing Middle in the US & Canada 2:59 Why Developers Build Condos 3:47 It Didn't Used to be This Way 5:03 Middle-Sized Housing in Europe 5:57 Eliminating Single-Family Zoning 6:30 Where the Missing Middle is Legal Again 6:56 Zoning Changes are Not Enough 7:24 Conclusion 7:47 Patreon Shout-Out 7:58 Outro #missingmiddle #urbanplanning #housing #4k