Suburban Sprawl Is Stifling the Economy

As the nation's metro areas grow ever larger, the sprawling suburbs can come with all sorts of problems: endless commutes, growing pollution, and unwalkable neighborhoods, to name a few. Now, a pair of studies released this week suggests that America's evolving cities are also bad for the economy. Not only are mammoth, spread-out metro areas economically wasteful, but they're also hurting Americans' job prospects as work disperses out into the suburbs.