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Old Posted Apr 18, 2014, 12:46 AM
HillStreetBlues HillStreetBlues is offline
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Originally Posted by GreatTallNorth2 View Post
I hate sprawl, but I wouldn't classify this as sprawl. It's well within the city, with services, on a major road and right across the road from lots of other residential. Sprawl would be on the very edge of the city with no services. I would be happier if it was downtown or repurposing brownfield, but this isn't bad.
Subdividing agricultural land for single-use low-density is the definition of sprawl. Being adjacent to other sprawl doesn't make new sprawl any less sprawling. And it is not a given that condominium towers are anything more than low-density.
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