The lack of essential zoning laws probably explains why Houston is nothing but a vast wasteland covered with tents, shanty houses, and open-pit minds. *sigh*

Of course no politician will ever advocate a system where the politician is not essential. This is why Washington insists that without the massive control they have over our lives, civilization would end. Why this self-serving attitude on the part of government goes over so many people's heads I have no idea.

There is no reason a lack of zoning would result in a porn shop in your suburban neighborhood.* Why the heck would you put one in suburbia instead of where the customers are? And if your neighborhood IS where the customers are, you've got a bigger problem than a porn shop.

This is what Dave Barry called the "sex with dogs" argument: if you give people freedom, they will immediately do something really stupid with it.

Given the freedom to select your own location for any function, these functions will tend to congregate in places that would be appropriate for them in any case. Functions that are appropriate to suburbs--small shops, restaurants, and offices--will tend to be there. Functions appropriate to industrial areas--factories, foundries, etc.--will clump together as well.

Most anti-libertarian arguments fall to common sense.

*With the internet, there's no money in it anyway