Home Developers still Sprawling

[Angelica Cortes]

Urban Sprawl could be identified as pushing human population away from urban area, expanding out for people to settle. In some cases, sprawling can help cities by having more residential space or business to grow and boost the economy. However according to the Atlantic article,” why ae developers still building sprawl”, argues how sprawling is causing negative outcomes in Vegas residents lives.

Developers before the big hit of the recession about 10 years ago started to build homes that were far out in the dessert areas of Vegas .The two-storage homes being built repeatedly, were not being bought to live in, which was causing the value of the new houses to go down as it sat in the market for a long period of time. Builders were not being pleased by home buyers who were not willing to live far out from the urbanized cities. Now, home developers are continuing the projects they left behind do to the recession, and are even building bigger and using more acres of land to build homes.
Urban planners have been raising questions which have been left unanswered; one of the arguments are why do the developers not consider whether, if the cities are able to keep on affording to keep on sprawling out and building big homes. Some planners argue that Americans would not accept a different kind of home infrastructure, instead keep on a tradition of big patios, big garage areas to walk because that’s what has been selling before and is still a demand in the market.
I agree that suburban communities should be constructed, for the reasons that it easier to complete the projects, saving on material to build the homes and families will find the comfort to live in the homes without being bothered by the neighbor’s loud music and no need for renovations. However, cities not overpopulated should not be sprawling and building new houses which could hurt the market of no high demand of new homes. Only in needed cities should developers begin sprawling in order to release overcrowded areas from traffic congestion and other downfalls.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/02/why-are-people-...