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Originally Posted by SFBruin
Which cities in the US have managed sprawl?
The only city that I'm aware has an urban growth boundary is Portland, and I'm afraid to go to Portland.
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This is an often over-looked driver of Austin’s densification, but the city, state, county, and federal governments and a coalition of quasi and non-governmental actors have taken preservationist land acquisition steps over the last few decades to establish a de-facto urban growth boundary around Austin.
Federal: Balcones Canyonlands ongoing expansion
State: significant state parks throughout
City and County: expansive protection of the inner hill country through preserves and of course an extensive parks and conservation system
Other: Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, Hill Country Conservancy, and many other efforts to deed restrict land and create a network of undevelopable large square acreage.
Private and business-oriented local efforts have secretly won the day without an overly restrictive policy of an urban growth boundary.