A data center near single-family homes in Stone Ridge, Va., on July 17, 2024. Nathan Howard/Getty ImagesCommentary

We are told daily that America is hopelessly divided. That every issue is red versus blue, left versus right, and that there is no longer common ground. But last month in Franklin Township, Indiana, something happened that doesn’t fit that story and it may hold a lesson far bigger than one rezoning fight.

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