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fromTasting Table
19 hours ago

Why So Many Of America's Top Fast Food Chains Are Nowhere To Be Found In This State - Tasting Table

Vermont is not entirely without big-name fast food places. It has 30 McDonald's locations, yet remains the only state in the U.S. without one in the capital city. There are also seven Kentucky Fried Chickens, but again, not a single one in Montpelier. The state capital is also the only one without a Starbucks, even though the coffee chain has about a dozen locations elsewhere in Vermont. As you can see, breaking into Vermont is not an easy feat.
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fromLaw & Liberty
2 weeks ago

A Henry Ford for Housing - Nathan Smith

Excessive land-use and building-trade regulation constrains housing supply, keeping homebuilding small and backward and driving unaffordable home prices despite broader productivity gains.
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fromSlate Magazine
5 months ago

The Real Reason the Texas Flood Turned So Deadly

The Fourth of July floods highlight a public safety failure linked to known natural risks and poor land use regulation.
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