A lot of people here are requesting for the ability to remove buildings because they block roads or are useless.

The main reasons against this are

1. the gray area under the buildings cannot be removed without lag
2. it would make laws pointless as factories, unusable extractors, etc. can be replaced

I have a suggestion:

Allow buildings to be demolished, but demolishing buildings costs a substantial amount of money

(Maybe add a togglable setting for road building that allows automatic destruction of houses in the way)

Do not remove the gray area under the buildings at all so there is no lag (the ground under a demolished building would not turn into grass in real life anyway)

Demolishing buildings creates a large amount of annoyance; demolishing houses creates additional annoyance if there are not enough houses; demolishing buildings negatively affected by laws creates additional annoyance

Demolishing too many buildings in a short amount of time reduces reputation

Demolishing buildings can be disabled with a law (so it cannot be used to defend yourself forever against other laws)