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Originally Posted by Comrade
Sadly, Utah is still decades behind a great deal of other states when it comes to curbing urban sprawl. We've stepped it up the last ten years, but I remember when Envision Utah was a thing - like, a legit thing that was supposed to define the coming decades for the state. It fizzled. Right now, for every Daybreak, you have a dozen, if not more, Ivory Homes-like developments popping up throughout the Wasatch Front - acres and acres of endless, it would seem, sprawl that is so limited from any retail and commercial engagement that it's just piling on to the overall growing problem.
Smart growth is still trying to catch up, but overall, it's being lapped time and time again by the same development patterns that defined the 70s, 80s and 90s, Really, and sadly, it's no competition - urban sprawl continues to win out over smart urbanism.
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Agreed. It's almost backwards.. Based on the current growth trends and projections, it seems as if once the SL valley is built out, cities will be scrambling to finally build dense and vertical when they should be planning now. Adding an additional 400-500K in the SL valley with proper resource management will be an interesting development.
It gives me hope that downtown will continue to rise once the southwestern valley is built out. I live in Sandy and it's been interesting to see vacant lots throughout the valley become homes or businesses little by little.
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