The pattern of urban development is substantially different in each alternative future. In particular, Plan Trend 2050 shows rural residential zones to be full by 2020 and no new zones are created.
Development 2050 assumes a general relaxing of restrictions on where new rural residences may occur. The spread of rural residential housing is a notable departure from trends that began in the late 1970s when Oregon's land use laws went into effect.
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