Phoenix Metblogs » exurbs http://phoenix.metblogs.com Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Quote of the Week http://phoenix.metblogs.com/2008/10/03/quote-of-the-week/ http://phoenix.metblogs.com/2008/10/03/quote-of-the-week/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:27:27 +0000 Krista http://phoenix.metblogs.com/?p=880 Downtown Voices Coalition is a group of about 90 stakeholders that work on issues affecting downtown Phoenix. They had a recent article on their web site about Dwell Magazine naming Phoenix Exurbs such as Verrado and Anthem (I think my home turf of Goodyear counts as well) as some of the “Worst in the US”.

The quote that caught my eye? Unrefinery.com had this to say about the recognition:

We hesitate to even call Phoenix a city; the decentralized home turf of Allied Waste would be best described as a 400-square-mile monument to sprawl, water waste, traffic bottlenecks, and crystal meth. Urban planning sometimes seems esoteric, but Phoenix offers a real-world reminder of why we need it.

Thoughts?

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