http://disqus.com/by/Brian_Bolduc/enFri, 05 Mar 2010 11:52:20 -0000http://www.thecrimson.com/column/stubborn-things/article/2010/3/5/square-people-dunkin-harvard/#comment-38177620<p>Dear Mr. Wyzanski,</p><p>Thank you very much for reading. I'd point out that the very zoning laws meant to support mom-and-pop stores actually hurt them by driving up costs. When you're limited in how small of a space you can buy, you have to buy a bigger one. When you're limited in how high you can build vertically, you have to buy more land and expand horizontally.</p><p>Besides, more traffic for a chain can mean more traffic for the stores next to them.</p><p>I know people have the best of intentions behind these regulations, but I think those laws hurt more than they help.</p>Brian_BolducFri, 05 Mar 2010 11:52:20 -0000http://www.thecrimson.com/column/stubborn-things/article/2009/12/1/students-privilege-harvard-brooks/#comment-24909714<p>Cherfan,</p><p>I do. The actual saying is "just deserts," but it is often misspelled as "just desserts." In my draft, I purposefully misspelled the phrase so that the idea of paying for desserts in cash would make sense, but the copy editor changed the spelling.</p>Brian_BolducSat, 05 Dec 2009 14:20:59 -0000