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On the recordMarch 7, 2017
A community's horizontal, low density expansion often results in a geographic footprint that is increasingly expensive over time, even to the point of becoming economically unsustainable.
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Doug Burgum
Republican · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discusses the financial implications of urban sprawl in his Main Street Initiative.

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