Selects: How Historic Districts Work

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 10 July 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

A fascinating thing about Americans is that we can disagree on anything. Such is the case with historic districts – areas of historic importance protected by local laws. Seems innocuous, but are they also to blame for the affordable housing crisis? Learn all about it in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
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0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.0	Hey everybody and welcome to the Saturday Seleks.
0:34.5	I'm Charles W. Chuck Branko, host of Stuff You Should Know.
0:37.1	And this week we're going to dive into the archives to talk about an episode that I quite enjoyed actually.
0:42.3	It's about historic districts.
0:44.8	I don't live in a historic district.
0:46.5	I kind of wish I did.
0:47.8	I live in an old house from the 1930s.
0:50.0	There's a lot of old houses around me, but it ain't a historic district.
0:54.2	And the reason I know is because I did this podcast on them.
0:57.3	And just having old houses around doesn't make it a historic district.
1:00.9	If you want to find out what that really means,
1:03.0	well then just open up your ears and continue to listen and you'll be done.
1:07.6	So please to enjoy our Saturday Seleks for this week, all about historic districts.
1:17.6	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know.
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