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oprawl has become one ot the buzzwords of our era.

The problem with discussing sprawl is that it is sort of like pornography, it’s hard to define, but you know it when you see it. You see it when you drive through Manassas and Centreville, once peaceful Virginia country towns turned into congested bedroom communities.

You see it creeping from Gainesville along Route 29 to surround Warrenton. You see it in nearby Culpeper County, with its housing developments on Route 211, edging up to the borders of Rappahannock County.

So now the question becomes: Can Rappahannock County be saved from the steadily expanding spread of sub

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