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This week on the podcast, Dan Parolek of Opticos Design talks about their new website themissingmiddle.com, which explores housing types between high- or mid-rise buildings and single-family homes that cities don't make much anymore.

We get into Austin's development code, Cincinnati’s walkable neighborhoods, and how people are often worried by the phrase "density," then surprised by density designed well.

Why are developers and bankers scared of "missing middle" housing forms like duplexes? And how come we don’t build rowhouses parcel by parcel anymore?

Join us in the middle and find out.

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