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Sprawl Is One Way To Fight Terrorism

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins
24 September 2001 - 6:00am

In the age of terrorism, sprawl is a natural alternative to dense urban targets.

"We have now seen what population density looks like in the age of terrorism, and it's not pretty. It might be emotionally satisfying to rebuild the World Trade Center towers as a testament to those who died and a gesture of defiance to those who brought them down. But at a time when America is rapidly decentralizing, the twin towers were both an obvious target and an economic anachronism."

Full Story: Let Freedom Sprawl
Source: Wall St. Journal, September 23, 2001
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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