Comments on: Uninventing Suburbia and the American Dream http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/17/uninventing-suburbia-and-the-american-dream/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:29:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: xinxinhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/17/uninventing-suburbia-and-the-american-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-112163 xinxin Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:51:21 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/17/uninventing-suburbia-and-the-american-dream/#comment-112163 confused.. confused..

]]> By: Nick Wrighthttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/17/uninventing-suburbia-and-the-american-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-91105 Nick Wright Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:55:14 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/17/uninventing-suburbia-and-the-american-dream/#comment-91105 Another well-informed article from your consistently interesting blog...As a planner working in Scotland, I find your blogs a fascinating insight into things on the other side of the Atlantic. Hopefully my irregular blog will help to spread the word about yours in a small way over here - see http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/credit-crunch-sustainable-development.htm for reference to yours Another well-informed article from your consistently interesting blog…

As a planner working in Scotland, I find your blogs a fascinating insight into things on the other side of the Atlantic. Hopefully my irregular blog will help to spread the word about yours in a small way over here – see http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/credit-crunch-sustainable-development.htm for reference to yours

]]> By: jlordhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/17/uninventing-suburbia-and-the-american-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-89488 jlord Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:32:50 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/17/uninventing-suburbia-and-the-american-dream/#comment-89488 Also check out Paul Lukez book, Suburban Transformations. Also check out Paul Lukez book, Suburban Transformations.

]]> By: Taylor Gilberthttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/17/uninventing-suburbia-and-the-american-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-89387 Taylor Gilbert Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:30:22 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/17/uninventing-suburbia-and-the-american-dream/#comment-89387 Announcing " The End of . . ." something is a time-tested way to get more attention focused on your favorite subject. People have been issuing warnings about the death of suburban life for decades. Most people still live in the suburbs. Assuming that gas prices continue to rise or maintain their price, living patterns will, of course, adapt, but it will be slow and probably quite subtle for a long time. Don't expect anyone to tear down vast stretched of houses in suburban areas and erect carefully planned dense living and working areas in their place anytime soon, if ever. Sure, new developments will be denser, favoring nearness to city centers. But no one is going to summon an army of bulldozers in repentance for their "evil" suburban ways tomorrow just because gas pushed over $4.00 a gallon. As hard as this is for city dwellers to understand, some people actually like mowing their yard. Announcing ” The End of . . .” something is a time-tested way to get more attention focused on your favorite subject. People have been issuing warnings about the death of suburban life for decades. Most people still live in the suburbs. Assuming that gas prices continue to rise or maintain their price, living patterns will, of course, adapt, but it will be slow and probably quite subtle for a long time. Don’t expect anyone to tear down vast stretched of houses in suburban areas and erect carefully planned dense living and working areas in their place anytime soon, if ever. Sure, new developments will be denser, favoring nearness to city centers. But no one is going to summon an army of bulldozers in repentance for their “evil” suburban ways tomorrow just because gas pushed over $4.00 a gallon. As hard as this is for city dwellers to understand, some people actually like mowing their yard.

]]> By: Matthewhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/17/uninventing-suburbia-and-the-american-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-89323 Matthew Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:27:53 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/17/uninventing-suburbia-and-the-american-dream/#comment-89323 Similar issues were addressed by Christopher B. Leinberger in the March 2008 issue of the Atlantic Monthly. The title of the article was \"The Next Slum? Fundamental changes in American life may turn today’s McMansions into tomorrow’s tenements\" (http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200803/subprime). I believe the article is an excerpt from his recent book Option of Urbanism (http://www.optionofurbanism.com). Similar issues were addressed by Christopher B. Leinberger in the March 2008 issue of the Atlantic Monthly. The title of the article was \”The Next Slum? Fundamental changes in American life may turn today’s McMansions into tomorrow’s tenements\” (http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200803/subprime). I believe the article is an excerpt from his recent book Option of Urbanism (http://www.optionofurbanism.com).

]]> By: Brucehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/17/uninventing-suburbia-and-the-american-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-89301 Bruce Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:58:09 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/17/uninventing-suburbia-and-the-american-dream/#comment-89301 The most important change needed for people to live in cities is for governments to relax zoning ordinances that make it unaffordable for most people to live in cities. As long as cities make it difficult to tear down old row houses and build large codominiums, the cost of housing in cities will be too high for many Americans. These laws artifically limit the supply of housing, which increases the costs of housing.http://www.economics.harvard.edu/pub/hier/2002/HIER1948.pdf http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/glaeser/files/Manhattan.pdf The most important change needed for people to live in cities is for governments to relax zoning ordinances that make it unaffordable for most people to live in cities. As long as cities make it difficult to tear down old row houses and build large codominiums, the cost of housing in cities will be too high for many Americans. These laws artifically limit the supply of housing, which increases the costs of housing.

http://www.economics.harvard.edu/pub/hier/2002/HIER1948.pdf http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/glaeser/files/Manhattan.pdf

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