Is Your Town A Sprawl City?

Atlanta, Ga., leads the country with more sprawl than any other place in the U.S., according to SprawlCity.

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October 7, 2003, 9:00 AM PDT

"Next on the list of cities with the most sprawl are Houston with 638 square miles, New York City/Northeast New Jersey with 541 square miles, Washington, D.C., with 450 square miles, and Philadelphia with 412 square miles of sprawl. Los Angeles -- the city perhaps best known for sprawl -- clocks in sixth on the list with 393 square miles."

Thanks to Inman News Wire

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Monday, October 6, 2003 in Inman News

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