Beijing? Shanghai?
Fill in the blank here:
New
homes would be smaller and built close together in urban centers and
along major roads. Getting around on foot, bike or mass transit would
be not only possible, but preferable to going by car.
"If we do nothing … [the growth] will continue just to spread across
the region like peanut butter," he said. "We can either intervene and
shape the growth or not intervene and continue to sprawl."
If you said Raleigh, give yourself a red gold star.
The elitist Raleigh leadership thinks it knows best where future Raleigh residents will live. Want a nice sized house with a backyard in a neighborhood? Too bad. Condo living is what's best for you.
And EVERYONE wants to be able to bike to work, right? Or at least, we all want government to dictate to us what form of transportation we should use.
My biggest beef with this is the sheer arrogance that a few people think they know best how other people should live their lives. Just because they don't like "sprawl" means other people are forced to live by the rules of a few. Hmm… seems we revolted against that type of tyranny once already.
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