Immediate Causes
Specific Human Activities That Cause Sprawling
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An urban sprawl community
The primary causes of the sprawling problem are convenience, automobiles, and the fact that about three fourths of Americans would rather live in suburban areas than crowded urban ones.
The government plays a role in the secondary reasons for this problem: zoning policies, high taxes in urban areas, and tax deductions on mortgage payment interest rates for homeowners, not renters. Other secondary causes include high crime rates in urban areas and the fact that inner cities are not regularly maintained, resulting in the quality of daily life constantly deteriorating.
The government plays a role in the secondary reasons for this problem: zoning policies, high taxes in urban areas, and tax deductions on mortgage payment interest rates for homeowners, not renters. Other secondary causes include high crime rates in urban areas and the fact that inner cities are not regularly maintained, resulting in the quality of daily life constantly deteriorating.
Current Trends
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The American Dream, as defined by urban sprawl
Current trends are going to increase the problem because our country's population is rapidly increasing, inner cities become more dangerous with time, suburban housing is more affordable than urban housing, and the American Dream (which, for most people, is interpreted as living in urban sprawl) is still thriving.