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My lefty sister recently tried to lure me into a debate about the trendy "urban sprawl" panic. Ironically -- or predictably -- she lives on a small island community near Vancouver, BC, which could easily be described as an upper-class gated community for retro-hippies.
She was encouraging me to read one of the latest trendy books, apparently full of rationalizations as to why middle-class suburbs are the biggest threat to civilization since the Black Plague.
Being a born and raised Canadian suburbanite, I instinctively know those arguments are patently ridiculous and self-serving.
I recently read an interesting article in American Enterprise, on the latest anti-sprawl craze, which you might like:
http://tinyurl.com/ycg76a
That issue of American Enterprise is rightly entitled "Attack of the Snobs".
Enjoy the new house, Captain!
Jan 7, 2007, 9:20:00 PM
Posted to From the Ghettos to the Greatland