"P Fritz" wrote in message
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Doug hits a hot button with that comment. So much of the urban sprawl is
the direct result of guvmint and environmentalists. From the regulations
and lawsuit exposure of "brownfield" development, to the "open space"
requirements of tree hugging suburbanites, to the illl thought interstate
highways cutting through the middle of cities, to the endless expansion of
water and sewer systems because they are one of the few money making
ventures of city guvmints............it has all helped create this vast
waste of resources by means of low density sprawl across the country.

It's especially stupid when 30% of commercial office space lies vacant in
some areas, and developers are allowed to continue building new (and ugly)
office space just blocks away from perfectly good (but half empty)
buildings. Sometimes they're even given tax incentives because it creates
jobs. Unfortunately, the jobs end when the new structure is finished.