Opening Untouched Land to Usual Sprawl

Prince William County, VA, just 30 miles south of the White House, succumbs to sprawl.

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January 19, 2001, 5:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Sprawl is stories about places that used to be. Sprawl is houses and retail built on virgin land just down the road from existingcommunities that suffer from empty storefronts and weak investment. Sprawl is a Virginia specialty; a federal study says the state isdeveloping its land twice as fast as its population is growing.Sprawl, many people believe, is inevitable. But is it?"

Thanks to Joshuah Mello

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