Even if you're not an environmentalist, it would be such a shame to lose the natural beauty. She's tried to tell her boy what it was like when she was his age. All the woods we used to play in, all houses now. I try to explain, but he doesn't understand. He rides on concrete.
Sprawl is stories about places that used to be.
Sprawl is houses and retail built on virgin land just down the road from existing communities that suffer from empty storefronts and weak investment. Sprawl, many people believe, is inevitable. We may never know. When Southbridge's developer used the same phrase at the hearing, he won chuckles. As these things go, Southbridge is not without its merits.