What you’re talking about is not based on the evidence. In Canada and the Northeastern coast, freeways are not plentiful like they are here. There is much less sprawl and the divisions between city and suburbs are greater.
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Brian –
I know you spend time in Philly. Have you ever driven in the suburbs that surround Philly?
Try driving north on 611. It goes past Temple and through some rough inner city – then pops out and goes through charming Elkins Park and Jenkintown – two older burbs… then up into Hatboro, past Willow Grove mall, up into Horsham, then up to Lansdale and Montgomereyville, and futher up to Doylestown.
You go more than 25 miles from the edge of the city – and the entire time it’s suburbia with no stop. The age of the homes is someone like tree rings – closer in suburbs are older homes, the area around Doylestown (not the old core – but the tract homes) are less than 15 years old. Sure it gets less dense when you hit the Poconos, though. LOL
Same results if you go north on 263 (old york road) up towards New Hope… pretty none stop suburban sprawl. Just the Bucks county version instead of the Montgomery county version.
There is SPRAWL big time. I worked in Hatboro and Horsham for close to a decade – so I’ve got a lot of friends and family in those sprawling suburbs. I lived in one of the close in suburbs. (Glenside)
There are suburbs close in. In fact the city edge and the suburbs are lines on a map… hard to tell except the street name signs are different and the burbs tend to have better snow plowing during storms.
