{"id":96,"date":"2008-10-10T23:25:33","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T04:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/?p=96"},"modified":"2010-12-13T16:46:52","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T21:46:52","slug":"driven-to-despair-analysis-exurbia-new-urbanism-tods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/reports\/by-program\/now-on-pbs\/driven-to-despair-analysis-exurbia-new-urbanism-tods\/96\/","title":{"rendered":"[TERMS] Driven to Despair: Exurbia, New Urbanism, TODs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial\">Where is Exurbia? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial\">At the edge of the city is the suburb. At the edge of the suburb, as metropolitan areas have expanded out, is the exurb. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial\">Located on the urban fringe, an exurb has at least 20 percent of its workers commuting to jobs in urbanized areas, low housing density and, at the same time, relatively high population growth.<span> <\/span><span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial\">Some notable exurbs around the country: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/files\/2008\/10\/suburbocastles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-97\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/files\/2008\/10\/suburbocastles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial\">&#8211; 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