The Deleted Scenes

The Deleted Scenes

New and Old #242

Sprawl, family homes, Chinese manufacturing, and the Beatles

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Addison Del Mastro
Nov 28, 2025
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Sprawl Doesn’t Need a Rebranding Campaign, Flaneurbanist, Billy Cooney, April 14, 2025

The biggest impediment to sprawl’s evolution, even if we can assume zoning relief in the future, is its road network. No amount of land use reform will yield walkable neighborhoods when the road network is circuitous and unconnected. Sprawl is defined by runaway subdivisions that …

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