Wendell Cox Responds To PLANetizen Readers

Cox presents a response to readers' comments and arguments to his PLANetizen editorial, "Trouble in Smart Growth's Nirvana."

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July 17, 2002, 10:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"If smart growth is built upon solid foundations (which I believe it is not), then it has nothing to fear from a full and open discussion of the issues. The interest expressed by some in stifling debate might be appropriate for the hierarchy at a council of the medieval Church. It is not, however, for a tax-financed discipline that has so much potential to enhance or retard the quality of life under our government of the people."

Thanks to Chris Steins

Read the full story: Wendell Cox Responds to Critics

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 in Demographia

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