Comment by avhception

Anecdote time re: Over-regulation: We had a side-hustle, automatic sorting machines. Mostly nuts and bolts, but other stuff, too. About 10 employees. By some miracle, it managed to survive the loss of it's biggest customer (the aforementioned electroplating company). But we had to move shop. After we got a place, the city terminated the operating permit for the building. Why? Because, you see, the company that operated the building before had it filed as "metal working", so that is what the permit said. But _sorting_ metal doesn't alter it, so the permit doesn't hold! And they wouldn't issue a new one. Fun times.