“…what looks like sprawl is healthier for the middle class and conforms to what most families want anyway.”
Joel Kotkin, CEOof a Houston-based think tank called “Urban Reform Institute”. The New York Times, Sept. 4, 2017, one week after Hurricane Harvey struck Houston
Houston isn’t the only city in the U.S. with urban sprawl, but it is known in some circles as a “model” city for rapid, supposedly inexpensive housing growth unencumbered by zoning laws or environmental concerns. Like Mr. Kotkin stated above, many believe it is the housing of the future: thousands of individual, inexpensively constructed suburban homes, each with a two car garage and a cramped but private backyard, surrounding a major city or other urban area accessible only by car. Although popular at least since the 1950’s, the city of Houston takes this model to an extreme.
