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New houses were under construction in May on the border of the Twin Cities suburbs of Woodbury and Afton. (MPR File Photo/Dan Olson)

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Is sprawl really a problem?

Broadcast: Midday, 02/23/2007, 11:06 a.m.

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Some people cringe at the thought of spreading suburban housing developments. But Robert Bruegmann thinks sprawl has gotten a bad rap. Bruegmann argues that sprawl is nothing new and not necessarily a cause for worry.

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  • Robert Bruegmann: Professor of art history, architecture and urban planning at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Bruegmann, author of "Sprawl: A Compact History," was in Minneapolis Thursday to speak at the Center of the American Experiment, a conservative think tank.

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