Sentences with phrase «sprawling suburban town»

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And can we learn once again to be happy in traditional towns and cities — not only as a moral antidote to individualism, inequality and the misuse of environmental resources, and not only as an aesthetic antidote to suburban sprawl, but also for the sake of the genuine goods and pleasures (including both communal belonging and individual freedom) of traditional urban life?

Both towns, like most of the county, have no major tracts of undeveloped land left, making them «landlocked» in the parlance of suburban sprawl.

Beyond the laid - back coastal towns and lively urban centers, San Diego has historic hamlets, close - knit suburban communities, quiet wilderness pockets, desert oases and sprawling natural spaces just waiting to be explored.

Nor will they put an end to the vast array of government policies that subsidize suburban sprawl — which include, among other things, easy financing for roads, tax deductions for large McMansions, and various zoning regulations that can prevent mixed - use living and disfavor walkable town centers.

They include redesigning a suburban hospital campus to become a mixed - use town center; transforming the area around a mall into an urbane downtown; re-imagining a typical commercial highway corridor as a string of walkable neighborhoods connected by streetcar; and, finally, a plan to remake a large, sprawling city into one of the most walkable, age - friendly cities in the country.