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Article: Smart growth, civic pride and the crisis at the pump.(COMMENTARY)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- September 8, 2008
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By some reports, the cost of gasoline knows no limits.
With China consuming ever more fuel to support a rapid growing economy, a declining dollar and the constant threat of turmoil in the world, we will only see costs escalating.
Some families are driving less, or trading in their SUV or gas-guzzlers for something more efficient, and some are moving closer to work. Maybe now we will start thinking differently about our cities and the urgent need to redefine our community.
For decades, urban affairs columnist and author Neal Peirce has trumpeted the underappreciated importance of "citistates," which he defines as "one or more historic central ...