John Robb suggests not. What defines the future of suburbia? Robb starts with the view that a suburban town is a community and not just type of architecture.Read
in a complete economic meltdown scenario - one of the biggest problems with suburbia is that only a very small percentage of its population actually owns their property outright - most of it is owned by banks. he mentions this problem is solvable - but how?
the only other measure we have against neighborhood stability during a major economic downturn is the great depression. suburban sprawl in its current form did not exist back then - the % of the population who were home owners was significantly less... so, I wonder if any reasonable comparisons can be made?
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interesting blog...
in a complete economic meltdown scenario - one of the biggest problems with suburbia is that only a very small percentage of its population actually owns their property outright - most of it is owned by banks. he mentions this problem is solvable - but how?
the only other measure we have against neighborhood stability during a major economic downturn is the great depression. suburban sprawl in its current form did not exist back then - the % of the population who were home owners was significantly less... so, I wonder if any reasonable comparisons can be made?
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