This section is from the book "The Better Homes Manual", by Blanche Halbert. Also available from Amazon: The Better Homes Manual.
Sparsely built-up territories, particularly those on the outskirts of the city, allow the best scope for good development as to streets, recreation spaces, and public improvements in accordance with a logical plan. Foresight in planning such districts is important not only for its inherent benefits to the new localities, but for the convenience of all who pass through them, and for its effect on conditions at the center of the city.
 
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