The yellow pin is where I grew up, about 20 miles due south of Chicago. When I was growing up, my house was at the edge of the first wave of suburban sprawl. Outside my door were miles and miles of cornfields, prairie, and creeks. Growing to my teens, I watched it all disappear. The green pin is my guess of where the sprawl currently ends in the southern direction. That disappearance had a profound influence on me as I moved west and north in my late teens, never to return for more than just a visit.
Compelling story. Compelling graphic. Good Grub for thought.
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