Suburbia and Its Discontents

Notes from the Sprawl Debate, by Matthew J. Kiefer

Most Americans don't think much about the design of the built environment, odd though this may seem to those who do. But every so often broader issues bubble up into public discourse. The debate over sprawl, until recently confined to land use planning circles, seems to be everywhere now: at town meetings, in daily newspapers, and in latte lines at Starbucks. Link