Article: Community profile: North Branch.

Byline: Molly Millett

Apr. 29--Many Twin Cities residents move to North Branch for the affordable housing, but the price of that affordability is an 80-mile round-trip commute to St. Paul. Right now, residents worry: Just how high will rising gas prices go? Still, the Chisago County community, which now has a population of more than 10,000, remains attractive to newcomers: It issues about 100 building permits a year for new houses and town homes. While North Branch residents have plenty of housing to choose from, some complain about having to get back into their cars to shop at the big-box retailers: They drive about 15 miles west to Cambridge, or 15 ...

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