Representatives. The United States is divided into 435 congressional districts â 36 in Texas â each with a population of about 710,000 individuals. Each district elects a representative to the House for a two-year term. Representatives are also called congressmen/congresswomen.
Confronting the Causes of Urban Sprawl. Causes of urban sprawl include: 1  Consumer and real estate industry preference for large houses and large lawns.  Dislike of housing density by a vocal and often uninformed minority that equates density with public housing, undesirable apartment complexes and rental tenants, and traffic and noise.
Several factors may have caused this to happen. Power raking and removing all the thatch also encourage any weed seeds laying in the soil to germinate and grow. During drought years, the grass may have thinned out and whenever we've had rain, the weed seeds in the soil will germinate and grow.