the ridiculousness of sprawl

Just how ridiculous has suburban sprawl become in the United States in the past twenty years? Well, check out this post we found on Better Cities and Towns.

Behold: Two houses with adjoining backyards in suburban Orlando. If you want to travel the streets from point A on Anna Catherine Drive to point B on Summer Rain Drive, which are only 50 feet apart, you’ll have to go a minimum of seven miles. The trip would take almost twenty minutes in a car, according to Google Maps. (Excerpt from Streetsblog)

Enough said!