Community preferences

It is also clear that residents want to see sprawl curtailed in their communities and replaced with a much "smarter" kind of growth. Here are the findings of a survey of registered voters conducted by the National Association of Realtors in 2007:

• 57% agree that "business and homes should be built closer together" so stores and shops are within walking distance

• 61% agree that new home construction should be limited in outlying areas and encouraged in very urban areas

• 81% want to redevelop older areas rather than building new

• 83% support "building communities where people can walk places and use their cars less"

• 88% support more public transportation

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Aissatou Bah