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Congestion, Time, and Distance

Thoughts on sprawl and perception

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Addison Del Mastro
Aug 03, 2021
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How big is your metro area? 

Earlier this summer, my wife and I, who live in Reston in Fairfax County, Virginia, drove out to the more rural Prince William County to visit a pick-your-own-flower farm.

I wrote about that farm here, and the importance of densifying already developed places so that it’s possible to get out to the countryside, where farms, or…

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