I had been renting a space, but the owner wanted more than we were paying, so I tried to move into a house I owned. We were there for about a year while I was trying to acquire a 65,000 sqft abandoned jail that was owned by the city. They tore it down instead of letting us buy it, and told us we couldn't run a "business" in the house I owned. So then we were stuck in about 400sqft renting for a couple of years until I just couldn't keep paying the rent.
fast forward to finding a huge warehouse in Arkansas! https://youtu.be/qdkLzioUiAE
The price was so low, I thought it was a typo. I called the agent who confirmed it was accurate, and I immediately told my dad "We're moving to Arkansas!!"
I bought the building, and thought my troubles would be over with no landlord to worry about. The zoning seemed fine, and the planning commission even approved most of what I wanted to do. But then I ran into hostility from the city zoning and inspection department. I have had so many problems trying to fight the city.
I can't get permits for anything. I can't repair the building. They keep changing their story about what is needed, and I'm not the only one. The city seems intent on running everyone out of town. I know of at least 3 other major business efforts that either never got running, or shut down because they couldn't get through the red tape here.
Just today, a potential crypto-mining facility was denied at the planning meeting because some people from the church across the street were worried that it would be too loud... not that it was too loud, or couldn't be made quieter, just outright denied because of a worry about noise. Side note - This is in a well insulated building where they used to run newspaper printing presses, and there is an active railroad track right next door. They've been delayed since December of last year, and this was the last straw for them. They're leaving town.
I don't give up so easy, and I'm currently in the process of suing the city because of these delay tactics.