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Urban Areas
Urban areas are simply defined as high density/populated areas, which require a population more than 50,000. The article goes over what classifies an urban area and its impact on our environment, community, and our built-environment. The article forgets to highlight a brief synopsis regarding its effects on housing as urban areas are a mix of many different incomes, types of owners, and racial gaps within home ownership. Cities categorized as urban areas all share familiarities regarding housing. I believe the article is incomplete because it neglects to highlight the affect high populated areas have on the housing market and economy. For Instance, the city of San Fransisco, obtains a population of (815,201) people and is facing one of the worst housings crisis along with Washington, DC (712,816) and San Jose, CA (983,489). Homeownership in these areas have become a rarity for many due to the rising cost of living in the area.
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 * https://www.angi.com/articles/housing-shortage.htm
 * https://www.angi.com/articles/housing-shortage.htm

Urban Renewal/Urban Development
(elaborating on Urban Sprawl)

Urban Renewal

Urban renewal is the process in which urban decay is addressed through the usage of land redevelopment. While urban renewal seems like a good idea on paper, it has resulted in many negative impacts not only for the environment and minority communities, but also our built environment. This wikipedia article discusses urban renewal descriptively, but I believe it was missing some key factors. For Instance, it provided a one sentence briefing on urban sprawl, which is cause by urban renewal. There's more detail to add regarding how urban sprawl has played a dangerous effect on minority communities and housing developments across the country. Even though there's a separate wikipedia page discussing urban sprawl, it's important to still acknowledge its importance within urban renewal.

I also wanted to focus on how urban renewal has affected located communities/cities housing within the state of Virginia.

Sources

https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/urban-renewal-in-virginia/