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Can we rebuild our broken suburbs? Ellen Dunham-Jones shares a vision of dying malls rehabilitated, dead "big box" stores re-inhabited, and endless parking lots transformed into thriving wetlands.
A lot of the suburbs came into existence when the country wanted to disenfranchise cities. There's little reason to care about them given that we rebounded (sans places like Detroit, though it seems to slowly be happening). After half a century of division, the 1970-90s of crime plague, and the modern day of say, the MTA or disastrous state of the CPS (Chicago Public Schools), I have little pity for failed suburbs. They can fix their own problems or disincorporate.
Say goodbye to all those sprawling coastal retiree destinations.
We will plant trees and grass. Long live crocodiles, lizards and snakes oh my!
We will amass all coastal retirees and relocate them to the empty big box stores.
End of problem.
It’s funny how now the city is the place to be while the burbs are where the poor live. Lol
That's only partially true. The poor who get priced out of NYC would likely bypass the suburbs for either exurbs or a different metro entirely. The Lehigh Valley of PA and Capital District of New York come to mind.
The fracking oil boom and the rise of telecommuting have made her points less valid. But millennials not having kids is real. There's also the issue of the decline of B&M retail. However, this isn't a suburban vs urban thing (NYC is flooded with empty stores.) Something will have to be done to repurpose that space.
The fracking oil boom and the rise of telecommuting have made her points less valid. But millennials not having kids is real. There's also the issue of the decline of B&M retail. However, this isn't a suburban vs urban thing (NYC is flooded with empty stores.) Something will have to be done to repurpose that space.
Here in the boroughs, with some policy tweaks, I can see much of that space being filled with art galleries, indy music venues and restaurants. In the suburbs it will be a much tougher sell.
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