Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Suburbia

Survey: Freedom From Car Dependence Appeals Across Generations

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 30, 2014 | No Comments

When it comes to what Millennials and Baby Boomers look for in a community, the generation gap may be overstated. According to a recent survey from the American Planning Association, young adults and their parents both want better transportation options. APA surveyed 1,040 adults ages 21 to 65 with at least two years of college. […]

Suburbs Are Out, Cities Are In — Now What?

By Charles Komanoff | Apr 17, 2014 | 38 Comments

Today’s Times devotes two pieces to the “suburbs are out, cities are in” phenomenon that has taken root in much of the country over the past few decades — the great inversion, urbanologist Alan Ehrenhalt has dubbed this reversal of the suburbanization wave that swept through the U.S. in the last century. Though both pieces […]

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Strong Towns’ Chuck Marohn: Why Suburban Growth Is a Ponzi Scheme

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 18, 2013 | No Comments

Chuck Marohn cofounded the non-profit Strong Towns in 2009. Since then he has steadily built an audience for his message about the financial folly of car-centric planning and growth. The suburban development pattern that has prevailed since the end of World War II has resulted in what Marohn calls “the growth Ponzi scheme” — a system that […]

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The Next Generation DOT

By Charles Marohn | Jan 4, 2013 | No Comments

Cross-posted from the Strong Towns blog. Charles Marohn is a planner and engineer in Minnesota and the executive director of Strong Towns. We’ve been looking at the instincts of today’s transportation agencies. While on an individual level it is clear that these organizations are filled with people who are professional, competent and want to do the […]

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Will Cities Hold on to Younger Residents as They Have Children?

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 6, 2012 | No Comments

Many American cities are proving to be more resilient than suburban areas thanks in part to the shifting preferences of today’s young people. But as USA Today reported in a talked-about article earlier this week, the cohort that has flocked to cities is now reaching a stage of life which, historically, has been more closely associated […]

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Study Predicts “Resilient Walkable” Places Will Lead the Housing Recovery

By Tanya Snyder | May 18, 2012 | No Comments

This morning, a Minnesota Public Radio host asked me if the exurbs, whose growth rate flattened when the recession hit, are going to come back. Lots of people from far-distant suburbs like Blaine and Farmington called in, saying they like the way of life out there – they like having acres of trees buffering them […]

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