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Yeah I don’t know what this post is really talking about. Unless it’s not in the US or something? I used to live above a restaurant in my early 20s. There were like 4 or 5 apartments above it
Obviously different cities and states have different laws and such, but generally speaking, it’s pretty common for people to live above businesses/in commercially zoned buildings. In fact in my experience commercially owned buildings have the most flexible usage whereas residential zoning has a lot more restrictions/auditing traps If you try to operate a business out of them
I had a friend who rented a storefront. For 5 years, the "store" had a ladder, a bucket of paint, and a picture of the Pope. He lived in the back in a gigantic barely-converted "studio" space.
Interesting guy. I think he's clean now.
Even outside of the US, it's been pretty common in my experience. Especially in cities that are a lot older where there isn't a lot of space for new builds and they generally went up instead of out.
I would say the US is the one with the most restrictive residential zoning.
In america it entirely depends on local laws and how recently the law way changed to disallow it. My town does not allow mixed zoning in new buildings but all the older buildings can still keep their status.