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Originally Posted by JManc
Strictly speaking, every city on the planet sprawls from historical centers to their current urban footprints. Yes, Boston and Atlanta both sprawl but Atlanta has eaten up a lot more of Georgia than Boston has with Massachusetts. Boston packs more people in tighter spaces (whereas Atlanta spreads them out) which allows for a lot more green open spaces within the metro area despite some low density developments here and there. There are suburbs in the Boston area that are quasi-rural-ish that you won't find in Atlanta unless you go waaaay out.
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Every city in the planet sprawls as it grows, of course. What makes the US different is that their sprawl has an incredibly low-density, be it in Boston or Atlanta.
And I don't even think they look their sprawl look that different. If we were talking Boston vs Dallas, of course their sprawls are very different. In Atlanta, however, you can easily find places that could be in Boston sprawl and vice-versa.