TIME TO FIGHT URBAN SPRAWL?

[Son of California]

As you may have guessed, I'm from California. I live in the central valley, which is mostly farm land -and a pretty conservative area.
Right now, our beautiful open farm land is being destroyed by urban sprawl.
Developers are building everywhere they can, and greedy, ambitions city council members are approving sites left and right with no consideration as to the effect on our city. We are getting really crowded, since our town was meant to support about a third of what our population actually is. We have terrible traffic -but I think the main thing is the hardship of having everything spread out. Everything in my town is a 15 minute drive away. There are all these housing developments, but no stores or places of work to support them.
I know my town isn't the only one -so my question is this?
WHY AREN'T DEMS VOCALIZING AGAINST URBAN SPRAWL?
after all, it is a big worry for rural voters, and could turn more than a few typically red votes blue.

[Oerdin]

1. It's to late for most of the country.

Spawl has already gotten out of control and urban planning is a horrible joke. There simply isn't any. Read the book "The geography of no where" for reasons why our current land use policies are amoung the worst on Earth.

[Retired AF Dem]

2. More tax revenue?

[LuCifer]

3. I know whatcha mean

Same way here in Okeechobee. They've paved all of the Mold Coast and Treasure Rightwing Hick Coast, so what's left? MOVE INLAND! Gee thanks. And where do you think you'll be getting ORANGES and TOMATOES in the next 20 years?!

Lu

[JaneGat]

4. I just found out this morning about plans for a 70,000 + development

on Albuquerque's West Mesa. More sprawl, limited water, limited jobs, limited access across the Rio Grande River into the city proper. Dem leadership has a wealth of votes in addressing the concerns of the citizens, which have compounded under *. Wish they'd settle in on the real issues facing us instead of the wedge issues, and help us out.

[niallmac]

5. It is a little late.

Could start today to change our ways never the less.
Here in Boise same thing is happening as elsewhere.
Congestion getting worse. Our mayor who was very pro light rail was scandalized out of office. Hear nothing of mass transit now.
Big cars. Big trucks. Long distances.
When the oil crunch happens we will be so screwed.
oops. Forgot. Oil peak thingy is a myth.
All righty then. Party on.

[Armstead]

6. A very good question

The simple answer is "yes." We should have done something to deasl with it years ago, before it got totally out of hand.

Urban Sprawl is also one of those issues that the Democrats could have made hay with years ago.

It was not inevitable that we would glbble up every last inch of nature. But when we bought into the Money Uber Alles mentality, the idea of community planning was overwhelmed by the quick buck.

And the Demkocratic Establishment ignored it and allowed the idea that privatizing the earth is a good thing.