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Recent Examples of urban sprawl
That’s the way much of California was built, long before politicians like state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, successfully campaigned to make urban sprawl political anathema.
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Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Growing cities are required by Washington's Growth Management Act, passed in the early 1990s, to anticipate rising populations, lay out infrastructure investments, and address challenges like urban sprawl.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
The National Capital Region (NCR), a dense urban sprawl of 16 cities that is home to more than 13 million people, is at risk of flooding from heavy to intense rains starting Sunday at noon, data from the state weather agency showed.
—Reuters, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
Despite its close proximity to the urban sprawl, the natural world permeates their forested two-acre lot, where rosemary and lavender grow, wild beehives can be found in old tree branches, and the occasional brown bear wanders past.
—John Wogan, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
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Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Growing cities are required by Washington's Growth Management Act, passed in the early 1990s, to anticipate rising populations, lay out infrastructure investments, and address challenges like urban sprawl.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
The National Capital Region (NCR), a dense urban sprawl of 16 cities that is home to more than 13 million people, is at risk of flooding from heavy to intense rains starting Sunday at noon, data from the state weather agency showed.
—Reuters, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
Despite its close proximity to the urban sprawl, the natural world permeates their forested two-acre lot, where rosemary and lavender grow, wild beehives can be found in old tree branches, and the occasional brown bear wanders past.
—John Wogan, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawl
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This includes decisions big and small — from burning a city to the ground or keeping it intact, or choosing to bring an item back to a shop, only for the owner to name it after you in gratitude.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
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Residents and event planners in the Point Loma-Ocean Beach area are, like many others throughout San Diego, bracing for city fee increases that could go into effect in the next few months — some as early as April.—
Jeanne Rawdin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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The millions of gallons of waste that the pigs generated each year stank horribly and polluted the air and water, turning an otherwise pleasant town into a pigsty.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
7 Feb. 2025
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Nome, a Gold Rush town, is just south of the Arctic Circle and is known as the ending point of the 1,000-mile (1,610-kilometer) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Blackwells began acquiring vacant lots in the inner city and turning them into lush flower patches.—
Martha Shade,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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There is a big disconnect with those living in the inner city and don’t have access to the beach. — David Mesfin In the early 1900s, Los Angeles beaches reflected the rigid racial segregation of the time.—
Natalie Preddie,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Feb. 2025
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In December, more than 70 area residents signed a petition requesting an election to make Starbase its own municipality.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
14 Feb. 2025
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In 2001 the licence was renewed, allowing the building to continue to operate as a hotel, and in 2016 an extra floor was added without the necessary permissions from the local municipality.—
Emily Wither,
The Dial,
13 Feb. 2025
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Our beautiful neighborhoods will become an asphalt jungle!—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
19 July 2024
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But there’s nothing stopping the surfer from hanging out in the parking lot up the cliff, an asphalt jungle with its own territorial, dog-eat-dog ecosystem.—
Leslie Felperin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 May 2024
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After an introduction from host Trevor Noah, the camera cut to the stage area of the Crypto.com Arena, which was suddenly transformed into the hills and canyons surrounding the California metropolis.—
James Factora,
Them,
3 Feb. 2025
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Romero split her childhood between the sprawling metropolis of Houston and the remote Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.—
Soner Cagaptay,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2024
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Lee Kuan Yew, the city’s first prime minister, launched the idea of Singapore as a garden city back in 1967.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Sep. 2022
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The average occupancy of parking spots spiked on Sundays in every area of San Diego that the study analyzed, including downtown, where the average occupancy was 91 percent on Sunday and the peak occupancy was 99 percent.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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There is a ban on drones around the Superdome and downtown New Orleans throughout the week and flight restrictions up to 18,000 feet, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Urban sprawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawl. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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