A recent report by the Brookings Institute paints "job sprawl" as a menace is disingenuous at best. While the report laments the exfiltration of jobs from the city center it fails to recognize the benefits both in quality of life and environmental impact.

Jobs are moving out of the city to where the people are. Meaning shorter commutes and less time idling in traffic which is one of the most polluting activities.

Job exfiltration is a straw man for the more alarming concern over the exfiltration residents. The article falsely assume that if more jobs were in the city more workers would choose to live closer to town. This is not the case. Atlanta, GA is a perfect example.

The argument that job sprawl is bad for the economic health of the nation is false. There is no evidence that the distribution of jobs throughout a metro area have a negligible impact on either job creation or worker productivity.