In a fast-growing county, sprawl teaches hard lessons

Today it’s the poster child for development run amok.

Virginia’s Loudoun County is ‘a little test tube’ for coping with hypergrowth on the far fringes of many American cities.

A decade ago Virginia’s Loudoun County, tucked 25 miles from Washington, D.C., at the West Virginia border, was best known for its pastoral horse country and gracious farms.

By Coral Davenport | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

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