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No, the Boston Urban Area DOES NOT sprawl. You are avoiding facts. The city, urban area, MSA and CSA DO NOT SPRAWL.
The MSA and CSA are more accurate.
There is no sense in arguing with you. I get the feeling you have no idea what the definition of urban sprawl is.
For your reading pleasure:
Which has the worst per capita sprawl problem: Atlanta, Boston, or Los Angeles? | Communities | New England | US EPA (http://www.epa.gov/NE/communities/sprawl.html - broken link)
I don't think your even sure what the argument is. Compare suburban Boston to suburbs of Houston or Dallas and tell me which one sprawls more.
I am talking about MSA and CSA. Therefore, I am speaking ONLY on the MSA and CSA.
The Boston metro area in the MSA and CSA are not sprawled whatsoever. As I stated previously........ it's one of the top 7 densest metro areas in the U.S.
Also, this is coming from someone who is NOT form Boston and who does not love it. I just quote people (another user) who makes stupid claims about metro areas being sprawled when they clearly are not.
I am talking about MSA and CSA. Therefore, I am speaking ONLY on the MSA and CSA.
The Boston metro area in the MSA and CSA are not sprawled whatsoever. As I stated previously........ it's one of the top 7 densest metro areas in the U.S.
Also, this is coming from someone who is NOT form Boston and who does not love it. I just quote people (another user) who makes stupid claims about metro areas being sprawled when they clearly are not.
Boston was not a option in the poll for a reason.
Wrong.
Boston has many, many suburbs with minimum 1 acre lot residential zoning. You will rarely, if ever, find that in the sunbelt suburbs unless it's in a small, very upscale enclave.
You guys do a fantastic job of keeping this dirty little secret hidden.
Boston has many, many suburbs with minimum 1 acre lot residential zoning. You will rarely, if ever, find that in the sunbelt suburbs unless it's in a small, very upscale enclave.
You guys do a fantastic job of keeping this dirty little secret hidden.
But, overall as a WHOLE...... The MSA and CSA is not sprawled.
I am talking about MSA and CSA. Therefore, I am speaking ONLY on the MSA and CSA.
The Boston metro area in the MSA and CSA are not sprawled whatsoever. As I stated previously........ it's one of the top 7 densest metro areas in the U.S.
Also, this is coming from someone who is NOT form Boston and who does not love it. I just quote people (another user) who makes stupid claims about metro areas being sprawled when they clearly are not.
Boston was not a option in the poll for a reason.
No, Boston was not an option in the poll; however someone asked a specific question regarding Boston and San Antonio, and I was responding to them when you decided to chime in with your debate. Sprawl is sprawl. You have to look at the Urban Areas to get a fair comparison.
No, Boston was not an option in the poll; however someone asked a specific question regarding Boston and San Antonio, and I was responding to them when you decided to chime in with your debate. Sprawl is sprawl. You have to look at the Urban Areas to get a fair comparison.
But, the Boston metro area is not sprawled. Like I said, only 6 other metro areas are as dense or denser than Boston.
You should have also bolded the land area as well. Atlanta MSA is like 2 times bigger than the Boston MSA. Lots of that land is undeveloped.
Very true. However, the MSA is constructed by commute patterns.
Atlanta was developed around the car culture while Boston has had a well established transit system in place for many years. So, people from Atlanta commute from farther distances becuase they drive in, which is why they are included. A large majority of people from those towns work in Atlanta.
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