Our love of Suburbia
Washington Post: Sunday, February 6, 2005; Page B01
<>Rule, Suburbia: The Verdict's In. We Love It There
<>Rule, Suburbia: The Verdict's In. We Love It There
By Joel Kotkin
The battle's over. For half a century, legions of planners, urbanists, environmentalists and big city editorialists have waged war against sprawl. Now it's time to call it a day and declare a victor.
The winner is, yes, sprawl. go to the story
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By tiffany, at 11:32 PM
I thought this was an interesting article. It was further evidence of the move towards urban sprawl as well as very relevant to what we're learning in class. This certainly proves that cities are growing faster and faster!!! =)
Half World's People to Live in Cities by 2007 -UN Status
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050216/wl_nm/un_population_dc
By tiffany, at 11:36 PM
I enjoyed reading the article about how suburbans have become the homeland of American success. It is interesting that they have made movies and shows to mock the suburban life. I thought that it would be interesting to look at the article that I found because it talks almost about the opposite of how suburbans is beneficial called "The end of Suburbia: Film Review". I thought that it would be interesting to look at it. Suburbia is looked at as the "Slubs of the future" in this article.
http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/02/37444.php
By angela, at 1:51 AM
"Our Love For Suburbia" is right on in so many ways. Regardless of how much we criticize the burbs, we continue to live the suburban lifestyle and demand the construction of new suburban communities. The Sierra Club's "Sprawl Overview" does a nice job of outlining the negative consequences of suburban growth, including the resulting loss of open space, increased traffic and air pollution, expensive and innefficient infrastructure, etc. The Sierra Club's overview falls short in the sense that it exagerates the extent to which smart growth is catching on and may ultimately bring an end to massive suburban development. "Our Love For Suburbia" points out that while smart-growth oriented, higher density development in urban areas may be a trend, it only appeals to certain demographics such as young people and older people without children. Families continue to seek out suburban homes where they can enjoy a peaceful, private space to raise their children. And while many smart-growth developments are underway, massive suburban developments that include bigger and bigger homes are continuing to engulf peripheral land around metropolitan areas.
http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/factsheet.asp
By Scott, at 1:05 AM
I thought the article "Our love of Suburbia" gives an intersting outlook of how Suburbs have become a compromising ecological standing, because of urban sprawl. Sure there are those who claim it to be the American Dream to live in the Burbs, but in actuality its just another escape for people to live in seclusion away from the city life and away from the people. The affordability of living in the Burbs has gone from a possibility for many (exluding minorities) to mostly only upper middle class people. This is only creating a bigger gap amongst the wealthy and the poor. But at least peopleare becoming aware of that.
By DianeUSP2, at 1:40 AM
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