Here’s a good visual on what sprawl looks like – and its economic impact – from the folks at Buffalo Rising.
It’s a bit old but I wanted to link to it anyhow. I can’t say it better than they did – “Three times the stuff – fewer people.”
-KG
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A recent Brookings Institution study found less “job sprawl” in Toledo than in many other major metro areas.
Eight of 10 jobs in the metropolitan area are within 10 miles of downtown, the study found, as reported in The Blade.
Toledo’s doing better than many other areas. Consider:
-In metro Detroit, 77 percent of jobs are more than 10 miles from downtown.

- In metro Chicago, the figure is 69 percent.
- And it is better than any of the Ohio cities studied, The Blade reported.
In Cleveland, just 16 percent of jobs were three miles …

A recent Brookings Institution study found less “job sprawl” in Toledo than in many other major metro areas.
Eight of 10 jobs in the metropolitan area are within 10 miles of downtown, the study found, as reported in The Blade.
Toledo’s doing better than many other areas. Consider:
-In metro Detroit, 77 percent of jobs are more than 10 miles from downtown.

- In metro Chicago, the figure is 69 percent.
- And it is better than any of the Ohio cities studied, The Blade reported.
In Cleveland, just 16 percent of jobs were three miles …