Series on Sprawl in the Washington Post

[Poguemahone]

Interesting series in the Washington Post on the causes of sprawl. Long, but good:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47930-2004Aug7.html

Covers the role of local government policies in creating sprawl, and more.

[Bockman]

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I *loathe* having to register to see news articles, I'm sure others do as well.

Dave

[Poguemahone]

Heck, just lie at the registration. I'm a 104 year old woman, as far as the post knows. I would be older, but I couldn't put in a birth date earlier than 1900.

[John E]

Sprawl reflects not only governmental policy, but also the preference of many people, myself included, for single-family detached housing and open space. I enjoy my life in the suburbs, in a well-established, tree-lined 6.5-dwelling-unit-per-acre neighborhood, and have no desire to move into anything denser. I minimize driving by bicycling, jogging, riding public transit, and consolidating my trips.

[DanFromDetroit]

I have not read the article, because I don't want to register.

Here in Detroit it is possible to get low-density right in the middle of the city. I once lived on a city block with less than a dozen standing homes on it. The rest had been bulldozed or burned out long ago. Some folks have even taken to farming on vacant lots here.

Dan

[FXjohn]

Here in Detroit it is possible to get low-density right in the middle of the city. I once lived on a city block with less than a dozen standing homes on it. The rest had been bulldozed or burned out long ago. Some folks have even taken to farming on vacant lots here.

That's too bad, I bet a lot of those old houses had character and nice woodworking.
When I lived in Detroit I rented a place out near Orchard Lake. Construction going on all over the place.
This was about 6 years ago.