nation, and many believe that it is a huge problem for concern in our country today, but is it? The answer to this question, I believe is, "no." Have we done our part to curb this problem; how much is too much? Urba

necessary, yet they still have all of the comforts of the suburbs and live close enough to reap the benefits of the city (Baker, 2000,1-6).

As the population of the United States increases so does the demand for land. In order to be in a state of equilibrium where both parties are happy they supply of land must also be increased. Urbanization is kept in check naturally; it does not need to be controlled by government.

rbanization. The article also said that less than five percent of the land in the United States is developed land, where people can actually live on it. Moreover, with a slight decrease over the years of farmland, farmers are still producing almost fifty percent more food than in 1970, the peak of urban sprawl. They are producing more agricultural products with less land!

Next, many "Anti-Sprawl" supporters claim that urban sprawl creates high public service costs, thus leading to higher taxes for the taxpayer. So the question is; are public service costs higher because of an increase in suburban growth? My answer is no. Most of these costs are over exaggerated and are at the fault of the local elected officials. For example, say that there was a projected cost of an improvement in a city, well these costs are just estimates, higher than what the cost really is. All people see is that cost, they never see the bottom line cost of the development years later after it is completed. Even the actual costs of development are "recovered through on-site improvements made by developers. Local governments often do make conscious policy decisions not to recover the full costs of the development," thus placing the blame on the voters who elect the public official who decide to let urban sprawling cost them more money, when it did not have to cost !

is nothing that the government can really do, that it has not already done in order to ease the problem.

Many people that oppose the expanding of our nation, by means of sprawl, believe that urban sprawl is a cause for concern in the United States. Their concerns are driven by "low-density residential developments" that are threatening farmland and open space. They believe that urbanization creates higher costs on the public. They believe that people of wealth leave the cities because of the increase of population; they think that urban sprawl is the culprit that causes many problems in the environment. Finally, they think that the government should step in and try to help to put and end to urbanization (Baker, 2000, 1-2). However, I do not believe that urbanization is to blame for these problems in society.

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