martin geddes sums it up why living in the city will continue to beat the alternatives:

So perhaps the future of American suburbia will remain 2 kids, an SUV and an expensive trickle of data for the foreseeable future.

quite a few acquaintances have moved to suburbia over the years, claiming that they want to live “out in the green”. never mind that when you visit them, they live next to the highway interconnect and across the mall, and that there are spots of green in the city, too.

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