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As Decatur welcomes denser residential development, will Atlanta learn from its neighbor?

The Decatur City Commission this week approved zoning changes that will free up single-family properties for denser residential development—something progressive Atlanta leaders have said would help confront the housing affordability crisis here, but that neighborhood groups have successfully fought in a bid to preserve a more suburban way of life.