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'Suburbia is dead'

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Tiny homes redux. South Portland, Maine, City Councilor Sue Henderson, pushing for zoning changes to allow “tiny homes’’ – generally described as smaller than 400 square feet --  said that “Suburbia {with its big expensive houses and sprawl) is dead,’’ The Portland Press Herald reported. They’re as cheap as $45,000 and environmentally friendly. With an aging population, with young adults having fewer children and with wages of most people flat or declining on an inflation-adjusted basis, they’re going to look increasingly attractive.

And they’re great guest houses.

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