Divided We Sprawl:

Kansas City's flight from the core leaves in its wake
a fractured community and a faded sense of spirit

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The following articles comprise the "Divided We Sprawl" series of articles that appeared in the Star in December 1995:

• Suburbs can't escape the cost of separation
  by CHRIS LESTER; JEFFREY SPIVAK Staff Writers
  12/17/95
  
  
• Road system put suburbs on the map
  by CHRIS LESTER; JEFFREY SPIVAK Staff Writers
  12/19/95
  
  
• The test of success: Teamwork
  by CHRIS LESTER; JEFFREY SPIVAK Staff
  Writers
  12/22/95
  
  
• U.S. fosters society of separation Federal housing programs
  pushed whites to suburbia and held back blacks.
  by JEFFREY SPIVAK; CHRIS LESTER Staff
  Writers
  12/18/95
  
  
• Dissension tears down what community built Kansas City's spirit
  was a much-heralded characteristic of our past, but it is fleeting.
  by JEFFREY SPIVAK; CHRIS LESTER Staff
  Writers
  12/21/95
  
  
• Buying bigger allows better housing benefit Tax, mortgage
  policies discourage owners from buying in core.
  by CHRIS LESTER; JEFFREY SPIVAK Staff
  Writers
  12/19/95
  
  
• Big-city woes slither into sanctuary of suburbs Crime and
  congestion are now a part of life in outer reaches.
  by CHRIS LESTER; JEFFREY SPIVAK Staff
  Writers
  12/17/95
  
  
• Giveaways set the stage for a loss
  by CHRIS LESTER; STEVE NICELY Staff
  Writers
  12/20/95
  
  
• Nichols' vision brought progress, problems
  by CHRIS LESTER Staff Writer
  12/17/95