Spraleigh
by Josh Staiger
July 26, 2005
Forbes magazine recently ranked Raleigh Durham the #2 place in the nation to do business.
Unfortunately, a sidebar in the same section points out:
"Smart Growth America, a Washington, D.C. land use group, recently ranked the Raleigh-Durham area third worst of 83 metro areas overall for urban sprawl, just behind Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif. and Greensboro, N.C."
Ouch...
But, it's true. This town has way too many strip-malls, and getting anywhere requires way too much driving. Oh what I wouldn't give to be able to walk to (work | the grocery store | the bar). Just thinking about I-40 makes me want go to the bar right now.