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John W. Peterson: “It is hard to hear any speech given that they do not talk about urban sprawl today. But one of the greatest causes of…”

On the recordOctober 2, 2000
It is hard to hear any speech given that they do not talk about urban sprawl today. But one of the greatest causes of urban sprawl has been the slow methodical destruction of rural America. The economies, whether it is agriculture, whether it is mining, whether it is timbering, whether it is manufacturing, all those things we do in rural America, as they have been squeezed, and they have been, and made more difficult to accomplish, young people leave, move to the urban areas, and we have urban sprawl. Yet, in rural America, the quality of life is unparalleled, but it is not a quality of life if one cannot have an income.
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John W. Peterson
Pennsylvania

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Discussing the impact of rural economic decline on urban sprawl.

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