When you think about the American suburb, do you see a pretty place with nice houses and neat lawns, or a dead end where you have to drive 20 minutes just for a quart of milk? Are suburbs the American dream or nightmare? Let us know.
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Sounds like hell to me. They are the slums of the future when we evolve past the automobile-centric culture that is already waning.
The challenge of providing public transportation to each and every one of these developments is daunting.
Nightmare:
We share the notion in this country that we all have a right to personal growth and achievement, but not at the expense of others. As population grows, fulfilling and enriching lives will depend to a greater and greater extent on better public services. Everything from power distribution to public transportation is the same by this measure. The pattern of suburbia taking large lots and tracts that defy our common values is not responsible or sustainable.
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