Cities that make urban densification impossible make exurban sprawl inevitable.
189 Kearney Lake Road, in the former quarry in the Special Planning Area (via Kathryn Morse)
Not a bad location but there are no sidewalks currently going this far, only up to the Kearney Lake turnoff. And no bus.
So everyone's driving?
Not a bad location but there are no sidewalks currently going this far, only up to the Kearney Lake turnoff. And no bus.
So everyone's driving?
November 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Cities that make urban densification impossible make exurban sprawl inevitable.
You can never be too careful
October 31, 2026 at 4:01 AM
You can never be too careful
yall mind if a white boy sprawl out a bit
November 1, 2026 at 2:22 AM
yall mind if a white boy sprawl out a bit
Reportedly, a senior real estate executive explicitly saying the poorest should stay out of his neighbourhood and that government should spend whatever it takes to build sprawl rather than inconvenience him.
"Why are both AB and BC Conservative governments hating on multiplexes?"
Well, this e-mail from the VP of a major real estate services & investment firm to the Premier of AB and Edmonton City Council should give some hints.
Well, this e-mail from the VP of a major real estate services & investment firm to the Premier of AB and Edmonton City Council should give some hints.
November 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Reportedly, a senior real estate executive explicitly saying the poorest should stay out of his neighbourhood and that government should spend whatever it takes to build sprawl rather than inconvenience him.
I need...things to do outside. Other than just walking around the endless suburban sprawl.
October 29, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I need...things to do outside. Other than just walking around the endless suburban sprawl.
And it be like my brother in Christ YOU are the sprawl !
October 31, 2026 at 11:21 PM
And it be like my brother in Christ YOU are the sprawl !
Sprawl with gusto then!
November 1, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Sprawl with gusto then!
Sonic Youth, The Sprawl
Gun to your head, name a song that’s over 6 minutes long.
November 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Sonic Youth, The Sprawl
Cow farmers hold 80% of the power in #ottawa and developers hold the other 20% that makes the sprawl going
‘Leiper won the central wards of Somerset, Kitchissippi, Rideau-Vanier and Capital, where he ran up large margins.’
October 31, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Cow farmers hold 80% of the power in #ottawa and developers hold the other 20% that makes the sprawl going
The Sprawl, Sonic Youth
November 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The Sprawl, Sonic Youth
dude be like "no don't build more housing where i live, build it out there, to keep sprawl low ahahaha"
October 31, 2026 at 1:46 AM
dude be like "no don't build more housing where i live, build it out there, to keep sprawl low ahahaha"
Ironically this may technically be a NIMBY position, the 65th has a lot of sprawl/sprawl-adjacent farmland so arguing for more infill functionally means "stop building more homes here"
November 2, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Ironically this may technically be a NIMBY position, the 65th has a lot of sprawl/sprawl-adjacent farmland so arguing for more infill functionally means "stop building more homes here"
every time the province makes a change that allows more sprawl, we double the number of permissible units per lot within the service boundary
November 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
every time the province makes a change that allows more sprawl, we double the number of permissible units per lot within the service boundary
Album of the Day: Various Artists, “A La Altura: Visionary Mexican Music 1977–1999, Volume 1.”
A compilation of late 20th-century Mexican experimental music features ambient and New Age ruminations that sprawl with celestial curiosity.
A compilation of late 20th-century Mexican experimental music features ambient and New Age ruminations that sprawl with celestial curiosity.
Various Artists, “A La Altura: Visionary Mexican Music 1977–1999, Volume 1”
A compilation of late 20th-century Mexican experimental music features ambient and New Age ruminations that sprawl with celestial curiosity.
daily.bandcamp.com
November 2, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Album of the Day: Various Artists, “A La Altura: Visionary Mexican Music 1977–1999, Volume 1.”
A compilation of late 20th-century Mexican experimental music features ambient and New Age ruminations that sprawl with celestial curiosity.
A compilation of late 20th-century Mexican experimental music features ambient and New Age ruminations that sprawl with celestial curiosity.
Tucker County plans a 785-megawatt gas plant and data campus that could sprawl to 10,000 acres beside Monongahela Forest, dark-sky sites and ski terrain, reversing a century of recovery from clear-cuts and coal. #DigitalStripMine
October 31, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Tucker County plans a 785-megawatt gas plant and data campus that could sprawl to 10,000 acres beside Monongahela Forest, dark-sky sites and ski terrain, reversing a century of recovery from clear-cuts and coal. #DigitalStripMine
At least he said that he opposes sprawl
October 30, 2026 at 9:25 PM
At least he said that he opposes sprawl
6 months sprawl training and she can fight for the UFC women's flyweight belt
October 31, 2026 at 7:11 AM
6 months sprawl training and she can fight for the UFC women's flyweight belt
Why are US roadways so uniquely deadly? I wrote a series in Bloomberg exploring that question.
A few answers:
- Too many fast streets in dense neighborhoods
- Uneven enforcement
- Sprawl + measly trains/transit, which increase total driving
- Car bloat
A few answers:
- Too many fast streets in dense neighborhoods
- Uneven enforcement
- Sprawl + measly trains/transit, which increase total driving
- Car bloat
US Traffic Safety Is Getting Worse, While Other Countries Improve
The rising rate of road deaths in the US continues to defy global trends. Here’s what traffic planners in other nations could teach their American counterparts.
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Why are US roadways so uniquely deadly? I wrote a series in Bloomberg exploring that question.
A few answers:
- Too many fast streets in dense neighborhoods
- Uneven enforcement
- Sprawl + measly trains/transit, which increase total driving
- Car bloat
A few answers:
- Too many fast streets in dense neighborhoods
- Uneven enforcement
- Sprawl + measly trains/transit, which increase total driving
- Car bloat
Gonna sprawl all over and fuss when you doooooo :3c
Kinda wanna be that big too, tbh
Kinda wanna be that big too, tbh
November 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Gonna sprawl all over and fuss when you doooooo :3c
Kinda wanna be that big too, tbh
Kinda wanna be that big too, tbh
@leadasbestos.bsky.social is coming over for a game today so table is pulled away from the wall and rotated and I have gone ALL OUT setting up an urban sprawl.
November 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
@leadasbestos.bsky.social is coming over for a game today so table is pulled away from the wall and rotated and I have gone ALL OUT setting up an urban sprawl.
five star heated mattress, snacks included 😭 no complaints, would sprawl again
November 2, 2026 at 11:35 PM
five star heated mattress, snacks included 😭 no complaints, would sprawl again
Thinking that sprawl is the answer is such a capitalist, middle-aged white view. I don't know the guy who wrote the letter; but I know his type.
The cost of sprawl is huge in terms of development dollars and maintenance dollars, but it's also eating into very good farmland.
The cost of sprawl is huge in terms of development dollars and maintenance dollars, but it's also eating into very good farmland.
"Why are both AB and BC Conservative governments hating on multiplexes?"
Well, this e-mail from the VP of a major real estate services & investment firm to the Premier of AB and Edmonton City Council should give some hints.
Well, this e-mail from the VP of a major real estate services & investment firm to the Premier of AB and Edmonton City Council should give some hints.
October 31, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Thinking that sprawl is the answer is such a capitalist, middle-aged white view. I don't know the guy who wrote the letter; but I know his type.
The cost of sprawl is huge in terms of development dollars and maintenance dollars, but it's also eating into very good farmland.
The cost of sprawl is huge in terms of development dollars and maintenance dollars, but it's also eating into very good farmland.
Oh, just about everyone. All the drug stores, the hardware stores, the grocery stores. At least here in the big city sprawl. It makes me angry/sad.
November 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Oh, just about everyone. All the drug stores, the hardware stores, the grocery stores. At least here in the big city sprawl. It makes me angry/sad.