Oregon’s revolutionary system for managing growth has done a lot of what its creators envisioned. Vast parts of the state remain pristine, and even suburban communities feel more urban – more walkable and environmentally friendly – than in other states. But the rules that have kept Oregon so special have also led to many of the land use fights we’re waging today – political battles over how dense town and cities should be, how much of an influence tight growth laws have on housing prices and where all these people moving into Oregon over the next half century are going to live and work. In the final part of this special OPB Politics Now series, senior political reporter Jeff Mapes shows us how the quality of life debates of the 1960s and ‘70s led to the different, but no less heated, debates over how we live today.