DROUGHTS & WILDFIRES: America needs to take a common-sense approach towards development and urban planning


I recently read an editorial on the wildfires around San Diego and on the drought that’s impacting Atlanta and much of the South at the Dallas Morning News. I agree with the editorial completely:

Nobody likes to think about natural limits to growth, but San Diego and Atlanta offer a lesson in what can happen when wishful thinking and blind optimism overcome prudent planning, reasonable restrictions on development and plain common sense.


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