Riverside, CA: Poster Child For Sprawl

Southern California's Inland Empire is the nation's worst example of urban sprawl.

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October 21, 2002, 1:00 PM PDT

"The Inland Empire, overwhelmed by unchecked growth and plagued by helter-skelter development, is by far the nation's worst example of urban sprawl, a team of researchers said Thursday.For 20 years, the price of homes closer to the coast has skyrocketed, forcing hundreds of thousands of families to search inland for affordable housing. Many landed -- in Riverside or San Bernardino, Corona or Ontario -- with the hope that they had left behind the ills of urban life."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

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