Here's the evidence.
Maybe the regional planning commission should work with area public health departments to track the health and medical costs of turning wetlands and farm fields into car-dependent subdivisions.
Could be the first outreach project at the Pabst Farms Aurora Hospital when it opens on the once-agricultural land it will occupy.
Here's another link to a report commissioned by the Rand Corp. Sprawl's bad not only for our waistline but increases one's chances for chronic health problems like athsma and high blood pressure.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rand.org/news/press.04/09.27.html
"Wasteline"?
ReplyDeleteTo anonympous: Thanks. No wonder that didn't look right.
ReplyDeleteWell, my waistline doesn't look right, either.
ReplyDeleteI actually thought, at first, that it was a pun of sorts -- "wasteland" and all that. But nope, no laughs in yet another story on the waste from sprawl.