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a city that grew before anyone asked it to sit up straight.
means the uncontrolled outward spread of a city into low-density, car-dependent development.
from from old english spreawlian, to move limbs convulsively — the same restless flailing energy, just applied to zoning maps and cul-de-sacs.
coined critiquepopularized as a pejorative in 1950s planning debates
car mathmore sprawl means more driving, near mathematically
atlanta examplemetro area size of connecticut, fraction of population
opposite idealnew urbanism was invented specifically to fight it