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Are you sticking around for the semiquincentennial celebrations this weekend? Host Trenae Nuri, senior producer Abby Fritz, and Fae Ehsan, a board member of the urbanist group 5th Square Advocacy, make a list of pros and cons to help you decide. Plus, they discuss the couple in City Hall taking advantage of a retirement incentive — without retiring — and the neighborhoods that could get more housing near public transit. 

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