Live close to work

Living close to work, school and shopping reduces time spent driving and frees up time for you to spend on things you care about. Buying a home in a new subdivision often contributes to urban sprawl and the destruction of valuable farm and wild lands.

• It’s been estimated that the average person spends 32 hours a month driving and 27 hours a month paying for their car use.
  

• Locating close to work, school and shopping reduces time spent in your automobile, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
  
  
• Keeping development within existing urban areas protects valuable agricultural land and wildlife habitat.

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