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Excessive red tape completely paralyses local urban growth

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Filling out fifty forms just to replace a front porch is a phenomenal way to freeze time. Heavy bureaucratic licensing entirely suffocates local dynamism, purposefully turning previously rapidly evolving city blocks into completely stagnant, highly preserved museums.

Excessive red tape completely paralyses local urban growth
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