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On the fringe of the metro area, where there is still land for development and single-family zoning typically makes up 90% or more of the residential land, city leaders are reluctant to change the character of the cherished single-family neighborhoods. “People have come out here and expected a certain way of life regarding how much density we have and what it looks like,” said Denny Walsh, mayor of Orono. Unfounded fears abound that the kind of reform approved by Minneapolis would lead to bulldozing of single-family neighborhoods. Michael Lens, an urban planning associate professor at University of California, Los Angeles from St. Paul, points out that upzoning does not require the addition of duplexes and triplexes but merely removes a long-standing prohibition (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01944363.2019.1651216) and gives landowners more flexibility. “Ending single-family zoning doesn’t end single-family housing. And there’s no real reason why we prioritize single-family housing in such a way,” Lens said. “You can’t have true integration of race and income without a variety of housing types.” (http://www.startribune.com) (https://www.facebo u=https%3A%2F% twin- cities- housing- rules- keep- the- metro- segregated%2F600 (https://twitte url=https%3A twin- cities- housing- rules- keep- the- metro- segregated% (https:/ section