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Census results show that the city of Toronto is barely growing at all (not surprising, perhaps, since it is surrounded by suburbs on three sides, and the lake on the other), but the suburbs are ballooning. That means more cars, travelling greater distances.
Suburbs and Sprawl have a huge footprint; people in cities use far less of almost everything than suburbanites do.
James M. McElfish of the Environmental Law Institute, lists ten problems with sprawl:
Reuters
Ever since the rise of the automobile in the 1950s, the American Dream has featured a home in the suburbs and two cars in the garage.
Now the iconic white picket fence comes with a hefty price tag in the form of the cost of the gasoline needed to drive to work and to the supermarket, and the suburban idyll is under review.