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...rich potato farm lands of Nassau County, just beyond the eastern limits of New York City, have been transformed by tract houses, shopping centers, neon strips and drive-ins. Today the county is 96% fully developed, and the old distinctions between town and country are completely blurred in the semiurban mess. Similar helter-skelter growth afflicts counties around every major city, from coast to coast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: Land Use:The Rage for Reform | 10/1/1973 | See Source »

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