Before voters indulge their understandable desire to strangle the sprawl monster, however, they would do well to ponder the consequences. Proposition 202 has the potential to cause profound changes for Arizonans - not only in the form of our urban areas, but in our way of life. Over the next several weeks leading up to the November election, Republic editorials will analyze the potential impact of Proposition 202 beyond its stated intention to limit growth within designated boundaries. By definition, Proposition 202 increases population density, and all that goes with it, including the negatives like traffic congestion and auto-related pollution. The proposition's most inevitable impact, however, will be on the price of suddenly much-scarcer land.
Affordable housing becomes a thing of Arizona's past.
The job market. Much has been made among opponents of the drastic effect Proposition 202 will have on the construction job market. But it doesn't end there. One of the Valley's principal industries does not evaporate without causing a ripple effect among other economies. Existing growth-management plans.