"Sprawl" \'sprol\ n.

Courtesy AustinContrarian  Wed, 02/11/2009 - 2:42pm

The Overhead Wire asks what sprawl is.

 Ryan Avent gives his answer -- he uses "sprawl" to refer to neighborhood density rather than regional density.

 (As a stats geek, I would state it this way:  "What matters is a metropolitan area's weighted density  and not its standard density.")

My own thought it that it's time to retire "sprawl."  This little 5-letter word is being forced to do too much work; it simply has too many meanings.

 And...



 

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