Drive Until You Qualify A Comparison of San Diego and the Twin Cities Urban Areas

University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

"Drive until you qualify" is a phrase often cited as a major cause of urban sprawl and increasing dependence upon foreign oil. The primary idea is that house prices dip with distance from the center of a city because of lower land prices.

Courtesy of Lindsay M. Olson and Dr. Brady Foust, 2010.

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