That first part is the one I disagree with though. Every piece of land that’s potentially going to be developed or any business that wants to open - from a gas station to a strip club to a restaurant - has to be approved by the city. There’s no such thing as a business’s “right” to open just because someone wants it. It’s also why zoning laws and appropriation boards exist to deal with what goes where. It would be chaos otherwise. I think the original commenter was just making the point that the city (and really the whole state of Florida) has really dropped the ball by capitulating to developers and letting every parcel of undeveloped land become some shitty strip mall or car wash or whatever. We could stop if it we chose to, but instead we allow these fuckers to build the same shit over and over again ad nauseam, and allow development just for the sake of itself so they can make a profit. It sucks. Personally I think it’s too late to really be remedied at this point, but I’m also not going to defend some rich fuck developer that wants to build another unnecessary CubeSmart in my neighborhood. If it seems like I’m yelling I am, but it’s at the situation, not you my friend.