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Metro Areas Are Places

Hyperlocalism makes for poor regional land use

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Addison Del Mastro
Sep 01, 2022
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This is Arlington, Virginia’s housing shortfall.

Well, it’s actually a traffic jam on I-66 West in Prince William County. Between crashes, construction, and rush-hour volume, this is a brutal drive. My wife and I were on this route visiting a sunflower farm out by Prince William County’s Rural Crescent, a rural/agricultural area far from the urban core t…

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