2024-12-21T23:58:32-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/140001387/sprawl-isn-t-just-bad-for-cities-it-s-bad-for-friendships-too Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-10-29T12:50:00-04:00 >2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/so/somn8hq7qpk9d2l2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Our ability to form and maintain friendships is shaped in crucial ways by the physical spaces in which we live. [...] in America we have settled on patterns of land use that might as well have been designed to prevent spontaneous encounters, the kind out of which rich social ties are built. [...] We do not encounter one another in cars. We grind along together anonymously, often in misery.</p></em><br /><br /><p>More on the repercussions of sprawl:</p><ul><li><a title="Urban sprawl costs the American economy more than US$1 trillion per year" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/123662711/urban-sprawl-costs-the-american-economy-more-than-us-1-trillion-per-year" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Urban sprawl costs the American economy more than US$1 trillion per year</a></li><li><a title="The true costs of sprawl" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/122203711/the-true-costs-of-sprawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The true costs of sprawl</a></li><li><a title="Seven Myths About New Urbanism" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/109722333/seven-myths-about-new-urbanism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seven Myths About New Urbanism</a></li><li><a title="Why sprawl may be bad for your health" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/106795640/why-sprawl-may-be-bad-for-your-health" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why sprawl may be bad for your health</a></li></ul>