I've learned that folks with a weak argument, and/or weak debating ability, resort to insults. You have no idea what I've done or not done, and no idea about the realities of sprawl.
Don't know what your point is, but some of us wish that the concept of central planning had died along with the old Soviet Union.
Well, I know you're not a farmer and haven't tried.
That's a fact.
And I know you complain about sprawl, a typical tactic of wrong-headed liberals.
That's a fact.
And nothing I said is an insult, just a statement of facts as I see them. Apparently you can't refute them so you lay down and shout: victim. Another liberal tactic.
I realize we all live within our own microcosm and draw conclusions based on what we see around us.
My family and I were inner-city dwellers for twenty years. The politics, the taxes, crime and horrible schools made us move away. (Don't ask me about the burkha clad woman who ran her car into the neighbor's house on the corner and did $20,000 damage to the foundation of their home. Her Somali chicken husband fled and left her responsible.)
We now live in a new-build home in a small-city 35 miles from the urban core. It was our choice, and though I miss some features of the city, We are much happier where we live now.
My point is, you seem to be stuck on what your experience has been in NJ. Here in Minnesota, there is land as far as you can see. We are on the edge of the countryside and one can drive 20 miles without seeing a town.
America is a vast and vibrant country. if the liberals of today were around 100 years ago, they would've said the pioneers were creating "sprawl".
Just my .02.