> So suburban sprawl serves a great many Americans quite poorly, regardless of their opinions of cars or lawns. True but irrelevant because no one said that su

> So suburban sprawl serves a great many Americans quite poorly, regardless of their opinions of cars or lawns. True but irrelevant because no one said that suburban living was for everyone and suburbanists are happy to let folks make (and pay for) other choices. It's the new urbanists who are pushing a "universal" vision. As I wrote above, if something works only if everyone does the same, it probably doesn't actually work.