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I still don't see how this equals MUCH LESS sprawl than the Texas metros which are only slightly less dense. There hardly seems to be a difference that's discernible to the naked eye. All three of these metros are more similar to each other than they are to Atlanta in this regard.
So take out the words you don't like. Point being Phoenix is not the poster child for sprawl. Just a misconception.
Folks need to learn the difference between dense, responsible, sprawl and sprawl that goes unregulated and waste space. Every city sprawls, while others just go crazy with it.
This study exemplifies how big data can be very problematic. According to this study, Philadelphia's sprawl is equivalent to Las Vegas's and much worse than LA and Miami. That is simply laughable.
It could've been that Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester county were huge factors in determining Philadelphia's rank.
^ I live in LA and I take the city for what it is, I don't pretend for it to be something it's not. Ppl on here from LA will fight you to the bone about how LA "isn't a city that has mass sprawl" there is literally no use in trying to bring it up because to them LA is basically Manhattan.
1. NYC
2. SF
3. Miami
4. Santa Ana/OC
5. Detroit
6. Milwaukee
7. LA/LBC
8. SJ/Santa Clara
9. Oakland/Hayward
10. Chicago
Odd list
You must be joking? Chicagoland doesn't sprawl? It covers a huge chunk of land all the way from the Wisconsin boarder all the way to the Indiana border on it's SE side.
I guess you've never been to LA/Orange County. LA city alone covers 400 sq. miles. Orange county is now so crowded there's little land left available to build on.
I don't think sprawl is such a bad thing, as long as it doesn't gobble up fertile farm land in the process like Chicago suburbs do. Many people don't want to live in condos and high density town homes. Having a back yard is part of the American dream.
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