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Randy Carpenter is a city planner in Sioux City. Find out what he thinks of urban sprawl and other important issues.


Transcript for The Biggest Threat

What you see behind me is the Loess Hills and a classic example of the Loess Hills. The ridgetops that are prairie covered there and of course they don't have houses on them. We think it's a real value. Now if you move this direction, you'll see an example of how cities grow. And typically how cities grow...unfortunately, as we grow in a way that we consider to be sprawl, we take up more and more land. We put the houses on the most valuable places -- the most valuable scenic views. I think that's a real threat to the hills. Certainly, there are many exotic species such as leafy spurge and sumac that are threats to the prairie, but for the landscapes themselves, I think that urban sprawl is the biggest threat.