Sprawl: It's Market-driven Growth
11 April 2001 - 9:00am
Sprawl offends urban planners, but it's just market-oriented growth to the business community.
This opinion article in the Wall Street Journal concludes: "Another word for sprawl is growth. It may not always be pretty, but at least it tends to reflect the freely made choices of real people, not the whims of government." The article appears to represent the opinions of the business community about the issue of sprawl.
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It's a Sprawl World After All
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Wall St. Journal, April 10, 2001
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