Quote Originally Posted by 313WX View Post
In terms of job sprawl [[the true objective measure of how suburban a metro area is), Detroit takes that cake as far as being the worst in the country [[followed by Chicago), not Atlanta.
"Job sprawl" is a made-up stat. There is no such Census categorical.

Back in the real world, Atlanta is the sprawliest major metro in the U.S. with a density less than half that of Detroit. Atlanta's density is around 2,000 per mile, and Detroit's density is around 5,000 per mile.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/gener...eaus-take.html

Atlanta may be the sprawliest major metro on the face of the earth. It's pretty much the polar opposite of general preferences here on DYes. It would be like taking Oakland County and spreading it to Lansing.