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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Separation and specialization was kind of the point of the suburbs. The highways act and the GI Bill made the suburbs possible. The suburbs gave birth to mass consumerism.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
well yes.
i think that's why they're a priori not sustainable. what the op article outlines is the crumbling of the model at its edges.
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The film I linked to covers this side of the issue. It actually relates quite closely to the OP. It helps fill out the issue a bit. (And is especially nice for those who enjoy documentaries.)
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Originally Posted by Charlatan
I remember reading an article in Wired Magazine a few years ago that postulated a post-suburban world. One of the things I thought was interesting was the repurposing of suburban shopping centres. I think they had a photo of what a WalMart would look like with the parking lots turned into gardens and the store itself turned into loft space. Sort of the reverse of what happened in the many inner cities. Old warehouses and factories were inhabited by artists and fringe dwellers. Bringing life back to teh disused spaces. They of course are followed by gentrification and yuppies.
It will be interesting to see of this sort of cycle plays out in the suburbs.
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The film addresses this too. (And it was made in 2004.) It shows you visualizations of how the sprawl could be transformed if someone would just plan it....
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