A strong city or town needs to make sure that its land use is productive: that is, that the activity taking place on that city's land is creating enough wealth to support the infrastructure and services needed for that place to continue to exist and thrive. That's why it's useful to consider the value per acre our cities and towns are providing. Modern American auto-oriented development generates less value than traditional development. We made a map to visualize this for Connecticut. Click here to view it.