Urban Sprawl
"When you cannot tell where the country ends and a community begins, that is sprawl. Small towns sprawl, suburbs sprawl, big cities sprawl, and metropolitan areas stretch into giant megalopolises —formless webs of urban development like Swiss cheeses with more holes than cheese."
U.S. House, 1980.
Each morning, millions of Americans start their engines and grind their way to work. They leave quiet settings for the hustle and bustle of the cities. These people will travel miles part from their homes in some cases from one state to another. The problem is that is not about couple of Americans traveling is about thousands and millions. They endure the traffic, lost time, and general inconvenience to be surrounded by farmland and open space and a hundred or so homes exactly identical to theirs. They are terminating the large or small laws which are awe-inspiring pieces of American life. These lawns are welcome mats to our homes. They represent the best face to visitors and......
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