what the heck is this guy thinking:
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The result is a thinning of the area, which makes Boston more of a sprawl, if sprawl is defined as the density of population over a geographic space.
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so "sprawl" is a light pop/sq mi? what?
to speak about it, you best know what you're talking about.
and believe me, geographic growth is regulated in texas (except houston...). for instance, plano is built out for residential, even though there's still hundreds of acres of land undeveloped in plano.
boston has sprawl. it has outlying suburbs that are growing.
if the community keeps housing numbers static while demand exists, the value of that housing will rise. that's good for the community, it provides an increasing tax base as well as encourages investment in those houses.
while there's a strong trend for urban, hiher density residential communities, those are not geared for families. they are for the pre-child years and for the empty nest years.
as long as people have kids, the suburbs will be just fine. and we'll continue to have expanding suburbs as our poulation keeps growing.