A Dispatch From The Sprawl Battlefield

Craig Johnson says his town is under attack from "the unstoppable forces of sprawl."

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February 14, 2004, 9:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"I am writing to you from a bunker in North Cumberland, not far from the front lines, where we have been taking some heavy hits from the seemingly unstoppable forces of sprawl. Morale is low as we count the many losses inflicted on our once-beautiful town...Yet I write of these horrors not to bemoan our losses but to send a warning of the enemy troops..."

Thanks to John Flaherty

FULL STORY: The destruction of Cumberland -- Will sprawl next attack your town?

Thursday, February 12, 2004 in The Providence Journal

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