Originally Posted by nathank
P.S. @Alan: from your post it shows that you live in the Northwest where people are much more conscious of sprawl, urban desing and environmental issues.
Yeah, that's certainly true, though from what I've seen, Portland is much more environmentally conscious, at least in practice, than Seattle. Seattle parks are a joke compared to Portland, and of course Portland's light rail is nice (they actually have light rail!).
My father lives in the Phoenix, AZ area and it's such a contrast. You have to drive everywhere in that city
