[sustran] New Urbanism, Portland and THE ECONOMIST

[Wendell Cox]

Article in current issue of THE ECONOMIST suggests that Portland's 2 decade
old urban growth boundary had forced infilling development. US Census Bureau
data for the 1980-1990 period indicates no such trend (latest data
available). Among 10 US urbanized areas with  more than 1 million
population, Portland ranked last in percentage density increase. Ranked 7th
in overall density --- barely half that of Los Angeles.

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