North Carolina's Triangle Continues To Sprawl
30 April 2001 - 2:00pm
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area is one of the nation's most sprawling metro regions.
"The Triangle absorbed 332,396 more people in the 1990s by pushing outward, sticking with the suburban development style that made it one of the nation's most sprawling metro areas. . . . An analysis of new census data by The News & Observer confirms a pattern of low-density development that many blame for the region's worsening traffic congestion and loss of open space."
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The News & Observer, April 30, 2001
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