It’s the Sprawl, Stupid — The Budget Buster No One’s Talking About

Buffalo tripled its area served by infrastructure between 1950 and 2000 but added no population. And we wonder why states are broke. Photo: Urbanophile
Across the nation, there’s a lot of hand wringing going on about how state budget crises will affect local communities. Will trash pickup be less frequent? Will senior services be cut? [...]

Source: http://streetsblog.net/2011/04/21/the-budget-buster-no-ones-talking-about-its-the-sprawl-stupid/

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