Austin Bramwell argues that urban sprawl is centrally planned. Yglesias reads through a Phoenix zoning ordinance:
[W]alkable urbanism is illegal in most of the county. Not just giant skyscrapers, but anything even remotely non-sprawling.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2010/03/the-origin-of-sprawl/189419/
