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Posted on 2026-05-20

Good decisions from Idaho

The Missing Middle (townhouses and smaller houses) prevents sprawl!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/18/why-wide-open-idaho-is-mandating-smallest-housing-lots-america/

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This is counterintuitive to some (it certainly was to me), but it’s true. You WANT dense development if you want to prevent suburban sprawl. Otherwise you get six acres with only six people living on them or whatever.

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