Harry Potter's Message About Sprawl
3 December 2001 - 9:00am
Behind the potions and magical creatures, there is a subtle message about urban sprawl in Harry Potter.
"Harrys mean-spirited and middle-class adopted family, the Dursleys, live at number four Privet Drive. The Dursleys, however, dont live in the heart of London, or in a middle-class urban neighborhood. Nope, they live in decidedly suburban England, in a townhouse attached to four or five other homes of the same style. Their cluster is buffered by a few trees in the background, and separated from the next cluster by small amounts of grass."
Full Story:
Harry Potter and the Future of Smart Growth
Source:
Reason Public Policy Institute, November 27, 2001
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