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Analysis: The green building is one that’s already built. Here’s why

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A new analysis from the UCBerkeley ’s Terner Center documents how the past few decades of anti-sprawl, pro-infill movement is coming along.

Building housing where people can drive less will also save residents money, political headaches, and even lives.

The results are a mixed bag, with low-mileage neighborhoods nestled in what is sometimes dismissively categorized as an undifferentiated mat of suburbs.

El Paso is relatively small and has a higher urban density than peers like Austin .

Salt Lake City , perhaps, benefits from its natural position between two mountain ranges.

In 2023 , a poll in Sacramento showed that Americans were more concerned about traffic and parking than neighborhood character, school overcrowding, or crime.

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