Gas Station Sold??

Unfortunatly we are talking about Government and politics here - while we all love the concept of planning that would tie in infrastructure improvements etc... it virtually NEVERhappens that way (when was the last time a subway line was added? - when was the last time a school was built in anticipation of children in the future).

The reality is that you have 3 choices - 1 is growth managed by zoning so that it is placed in approriate places (i.e. near existing subways) 2. unrestricted growth (which is your suburban sprawl and 12 story buildings on a low rise street) or 3 no growth.

In all cases infrastructure will only be built when the political will FORCES the expenditure (usually b/c things have gotten bad) - however with choice 2 your options are often limited b/c the haphazzard development makes solutions very expensive or impossible (anyone who has tried to get around Atlanta GA knows this problem)

Now maybe some people would choose - no growth - but considering the economic disaster and social problems that come from this, I believe this would be a very unwise choice.