Some banners in Haymarket welcome the company, but many residents have protested the park because of the commercial sprawl and heavy traffic it is expected to bring.

"When all that comes through here," said Frank Camarada, 32, gesturing east to Broadway's commercial sprawl, "that'll be the end of this place."

Parts of the commercial sprawl, while rarely grotesque, still overwhelm the little town at their center.

Yet Sparkill is a world away from the city and from typical suburban commercial sprawl.

The route passes by several outlet malls and other commercial sprawl located on DE 1 outside of Rehoboth Beach.

They are secreted away from the noisy commercial sprawl that covers much of the area, but hardly sheltered from the changes it has imposed.

Marc Pollitzer, president of the North Street Civic Association, said, "You're talking about commercial sprawl into pristine residential communities."

Old-timers complain about the residential and commercial sprawl that has been stoked, in part, by the new immigrants.

I think that in addition to town plans of development, there should also be a retail plan that supports small businesses instead of one that supports commercial sprawl.

It is replete with commercial sprawl.