I am on record as saying that I love urban sprawl. It turns out that whether I love it or not, it is inevitable.
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I am on record as saying that I love urban sprawl. It turns out that whether I love it or not, it is inevitable.
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I couldn’t resist smirking at that comment a little and then am compelled to write to you. This is indeed a tangent to the evils of sprawl that I normally hear. After being introduced to and studying sprawl for a good two years and bearing it brunt for a little more, maybe I have something knowlegble to say about it.
Suburbia is picture perfect but not necessarily “livable”. In the US or in the suburbs of Delhi, it is the same story. Low land prices drive businesses out to areas where nobody has thought about regulating land use. What emerges is a disconnected fabric of destinations with no public transport, no public spaces. Yes, it is a result of economic forces (what isn’t), and thus, maybe inevitable.
Oh well, maybe you already know this and more.
Still, I prefer to live downtown, much to the horror of others, and I like walking to the neighborhood park and shops, and I do like to people watch from my patio. Thus, I have to digress.