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Orange County Seeks To Grow Differently

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
3 October 2004 - 9:00am

Orange County, CA, long a poster child for sprawl, searches for alternatives.

"The county that grew up with few traditional downtowns and has long been seen as ground zero for urban sprawl appears to be at the forefront of a much different trend.Realizing that cookie-cutter homes in tidy subdivisions could be a thing of the past, Irvine and at least one other nearby city are looking skyward, hoping to create thriving urban cores from scratch."

Full Story: With little space for more sprawl, Orange County looks to grow up
Source: San Jose Mercury News, October 2, 2004
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