Daily Archives: Feb. 15, 2000


Survey: Sprawl Now Joins Crime as Top Concern

As the national campaign season reaches full swing, a new series of polls reveals that American's top concerns are directed much closer to home, with dramatic frustrations over sprawl and growth now edging out more traditional issues, such as crime. Moreover, minorities view their local institutions starkly differently than white Americans, according to the surveys released by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism.