Nation's New Suburbia Growing Out Of Control
20 November 2000 - 8:30am
The nation's new suburbia is expanding at a frightening rate, "claiming a chunk of open land the size of Chicago" every six months.
The new suburbia--born out of the nation's sustained economic upswing--is pressing farther into the American countryside than its post-World War II predecessor, every six months claiming a chunk of open land the size of Chicago. Fertile Midwestern farmland, historic Civil War battlefields and scenic Western landscapes are being supplanted by subdivisions and office parks.
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Nation's new suburbia growing out of control
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Chicago Sun-Times, November 19, 2000
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