I was stunned at how well this book describes the real impacts of growth. I have watched overgrowth in two small towns so far (one of them my hometown), and each time the developers and local government kept assuring us that it was good for us all -- when in fact the developer made millions and the rest of us, including the local government, suffered profound losses in quality of life and economic factors.Page after page, I read this book and went "Wow!" I only wish I'd been able to read it ten years ago -- maybe I could have made a difference in the ugly things that happened to my beloved home town.