And late stage capitalism with boom/bust cycles is good for the community and customers too? At least for the 1% it's doing great.
The point is that a "Local" government deciding on how many of one kind of business shows up in one spot isn't optimizing from the top (you could consider that the state or federal government). Instead you could consider it optimizing it from the middle. The local people are electing officials and having them implement their will. Trying to call that communism would be... odd.
The way most municipal councillors in English-speaking countries optimize everything to retain homeowner's real estate value while keeping property taxes low doesn't exactly imbue confidence.
The point is that a "Local" government deciding on how many of one kind of business shows up in one spot isn't optimizing from the top (you could consider that the state or federal government). Instead you could consider it optimizing it from the middle. The local people are electing officials and having them implement their will. Trying to call that communism would be... odd.