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NEWS ABOUT: suburban sprawl

suburban sprawl stories: 7 news summaries
OPINION

 Tear Up Your Lawn 

Why do we devote so much water to a superficial end?

Sep 30, 09 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Matthew Fleischer has always hated lawns as wasteful and useless. But his hate is at a fevered pitch after reading about how the desire for lush green grass in literally draining states dry. America’s lawns and golf courses require about 200 gallons of water per citizen per day. We... More »

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California • drought • water • suburban sprawl • tap water • suburban lawn • lawn

(Newser) - When urban planners dream, they dream that Americans will give up on the suburbs in favor of a dense, environmentally friendly, less auto-dependent lifestyle. And it’s never going to happen, David Brooks writes in the New York Times. “Amsterdam is a wonderful city, but Americans never... More »

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Chicago • New York • Denver • Los Angeles • San Diego • Phoenix • Amsterdam • urban sprawl • Seattle • US cities • cities • Portland • urban planning • suburban sprawl • David Brooks

OPINION

Mortgage Crisis? Blame George Bailey

It's A Wonderful Life hero helped poor buy unaffordable homes

Oct 12, 08 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The housing bubble that triggered the current economic crisis began with a post-Depression attitude toward owning a home presented in the classic Christmas flick It’s a Wonderful Life, writes Ross Douthat in the Washington Post. Hero banker George Bailey’s chief goal was to loan the poor enough money... More »

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FDR • homeownership • public housing • housing bubble • suburban sprawl • suburbs • Great Depression • McMansion • financial crisis

 Calif. Adopts
 Stiff Anti-Sprawl Law

New law ties compact growth to $5B in transportation funding

Oct 1, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The country's most aggressive anti-sprawl bill was signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday, the Sacramento Bee reports. The "first in the nation" bill mandates regional targets for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and uses $5 billion in transportation funding as an incentive to stimulate denser residential development. “This... More »

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California • greenhouse gases • Arnold Schwarzenegger • suburban sprawl • housing projects • California Air Resources Board

OPINION

It's the End of the World as We Know It—and
He Feels Fine

Gas prices closing the open frontier, finally

Jun 23, 08 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The soaring cost of travel is forcing a fundamental change in the identity of America, writes Bill McKibben in the Washington Post: "The frontier of endless mobility that we've known our entire lives is closing." And that's not necessarily a bad thing, because sprawl has "eroded our... More »

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alternative energy • Driving • gas prices • crude oil • suburban sprawl

The New Generational Shift: Suburban Flight

After 50 years of sprawl, suburbanites  gravitate toward cities

Jun 17, 08 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Changes in lifestyles, economic conditions, and demographics are leading to a reversal in urban flight, The Wall Street Journal reports. Four-dollar-a-gallon gasoline and the subprime crisis have driven many to cities from suburbs, where commutes are longer and houses have lost the most value. Boomers are simplifying their lives with... More »

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traffic • commute • public transportation • air pollution • suburban sprawl • light rail

Potential Bellwether Va. Shades From Red to Blue

Longtime GOP state among moderates flirting with Democrats

Feb 11, 08 3:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Virginia will have its critical primary moment tomorrow, but the state may play an even bigger role in November—that of a red state turning blue, reports the Wall Street Journal. The former Confederate seat has voted Republican in every election but one since 1952, but lately has elected... More »

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immigration • Virginia • Democratic nomination • red state • Potomac Primary • the suburban vote • suburban sprawl • blue states

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