sprawly

PSRC's forecasting assumes quite large increases in the region's population, and since GHG emissions are a global problem, every person who moves in from an area that does worse (like the sprawly cities that many Seattle transplants come from) will represent a net improvement in overall GHG emissions.

PSRC Plan Avoids Climate Reality « PubliCola 2010

We are simply adding a bit of rail to what will remain a sprawly road based system.

Why I Choose to Live Carfree « PubliCola 2010

To the extent that European nations and other advanced democracies are less sprawly and less car-oriented than the U.S., the difference is mainly the result of geography, income and historical contingency, not preference.

Matthew Yglesias » All Planning is Planning 2010

The urban form is the environmental form and we are still committed to making our region be even more sprawly than it now is.

By Far the Largest Share « PubliCola 2010

If other countries were as wealthy as the U.S., had as much land suitable for development as the U.S., and were less contrained by historical circumstances such as road widths established in medieval times, they would probably be just as sprawly as the U.S.

Matthew Yglesias » All Planning is Planning 2010

Sunset is a bit sprawly, in an attractive way, unlike Firefly which is redder in winter but more upright.

Foliage? In January? « Fairegarden 2010

Happy birthday, you crazy big sprawly central Canadian city!

happy belated birthday toronto 2009

“The spider?” said I. “The blotchy, sprawly, sulky fellow.”

Great Expectations 2007

It is a sprawly place, with no apparent urban planning.

Phoenix, AZ. 2004

It is a sprawly place, with no apparent urban planning.

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