Metro Atlanta’s Cul-De-Sacs are Bad for Your Health

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By Angie SchmittDec 11, 2013, 10:29 am34 pts
Things I learned from reading Why Cul-de-Sacs Are Bad for Your Health on Slate.com: The average working adult in Atlanta’s suburbs now drives 44 miles a day. (That’s 72 minutes a day behind the wheel, just getting to work and back.) 94% of Metro Atlantans commute by car. Metro Atlantans spend more on gas…

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