I agree with your sentiment about sprawl being toxic, but I think that time and population migration will solve the problem via urban renewal. The suburbs seem

I agree with your sentiment about sprawl being toxic, but I think that time and population migration will solve the problem via urban renewal. The suburbs seem to be (If you believe the Brookings institute) on the wane as families grow smaller and can be accommodated into the tighter spaces of a city. Few of my friends have moved outwards as they've had children, and even then it tends to be those who grew up on farms, and moved to cities for technical jobs. Brookings report: http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2013/05/28-city-growth-frey http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2013/05/28-city-g... Related, an excerpt from Hustwit's Urbanized talking about the same issue in Brasilia: http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2012/11/05/brazillia-an-excerpt-from-urbanized/ http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2012/11/05/brazillia-an...