We had an idiot pseudo scientist running around our state (Florida) recently advocating urban sprawl. He had plenty of points (i.e. it kept house prices down, created jobs, etc.) Just about everything he said you could blow mile wide holes through (i.e. your long commute will eat up your extra money in gas, etc). You wonder how he could say some of junk he did with a straight face. Either he craved attention by saying something that is contrary to logic or he was a mouthpiece for developers.