Smart Growth: Good Intentions, Wishful Thinking

"...when it comes to the economic component of Smart Growth, though, things get a little fuzzy, relying more on wishful thinking than on a hard-nosed understanding of the dynamics of why businesses locate where they do.

How Smart Growth proposes to achieve that lofty goal of revitalizing America’s cities, it seems to me, is by stopping the growth in its outer suburbs. That’s not very likely to succeed...

If Smart Growth is to be something more than just an empty slogan, its proponents need to place improving the urban school districts at the top of their list of things to do."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan