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Sadly, false: "Survival is the real measurement of how much we like it".

Many structures survive because their destruction would release regulated toxins, which were unregulated when built.

On the other hand, they probably aren't still being used, either. Nor are they likely to be civic focal points like a city hall.

One way to read that is the regulation is preventing progress.

But a better way to read it is that regulation is protecting us from the mistakes of the past. Unless you fancy inhaling asbestos?

>But a better way to read it is that regulation is protecting us from the mistakes of the past. Unless you fancy inhaling asbestos?

Well since we're playing the false dichotomy game I'd gladly take prosperity with a side of lung cancer over cancer free stagnation.

Progress isn't going to be held up by a couple of acres remaining idle because nobody wants to pay the remediation costs.

Your notion of progress is weak.

Disease is progress Ignorance is strength