Sprawl

Sprawl Assignment

Sprawl is the unrestrained spread of urban or suburban development outward from a city center and across the landscape. Sometimes specified as growth in which the area of development outpaces population growth. I live in Linglestown, so I have two examples of sprawl right next to me. My first example is Route 22 and my second example is Linglestown Road. They are similar in some ways but are also slightly different types of sprawls.

Route 22 is basically miles and miles of roads with 100’s of stores on each side. Transportation has a huge impact because in order to travel across this area you pretty much need a car. It would typically be a really long walk depending on how close you live to the place you need to go and there is not much public transportation. There is usually a large traffic jam during rush hours and on weekends. Holidays are typically the worst and I often refuse to drive because I know it will take an hour to go 10 minutes away. There are so many vehicles and business along this area, and not much vegetation. Due to the large amount of stores, there are many large parking lots often crowded with vehicles. The amount of pollution being emitted is a large number. The United States in general has high obesity issues, so I would assume that due to all amounts of people driving on route 22, that the area suffers from an increase in obesity. A majority of the land is being used for industry and shopping centers. I have driven on this road many times and there are not many trees or any fields or farms. Even the homes around the area often do not have a lot of vegetation and very few fields. The economics are affected because the area around it has its own police department, tons of telephone lines, and a large road system. A lot of people live around this area and is kept well. The communities around the area keep expanding but never seem to have any economic issues and that includes the schools around the area. Meanwhile, the city...