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NY Times columnist: Americans prefer sprawl

“Amsterdam is a wonderful city, but Americans never seem to want to live there.”— David Brooks in the New York Times In his latest piece in the New York Times, columnist David Brooks opines that, while Americans might appreciate the finer points of Amsterdam’s urban life (like bikes and beer), they really would rather have … Read more

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February 17, 2009

Elly Blue (Columnist)

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