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InBowling Alone, Robert Putnam argues that the decline of social capital in the United States can be attributed partly to urban form. In other words, according to Putnam, sprawl is at least partly to blame for the present derth of bowling leagues. But is it really? Putnam’s arguments (summarized at the end of Chapter 12) […]http://www.sightline.org/wp-content/images/orgold/f792326f7a524f5c7630f00ef9ccc54c