Suburbs

Suburbs Benefit From an Urban President, Too

In fact, says one planner, suburbs and exurbs can expect to see some of the biggest changes of all, at least from infrastructure and transportation funding.
22 December 2008 - 6:00am
Marketwatch

German Suburbs: Look Familiar?

According to Kirk Rogers, European suburbs are not all that different from American ones--they indulge the need for space, good schools, and cars-- and they're there to stay.
10 December 2008 - 6:00am
New Geography

Big Dig Moves Congestion to Suburbs

Since its completion, Boston's Big Dig freeway project has succeeded in reducing congestion downtown, but new figures show the congestion has merely moved out of the central city into suburban areas.
19 November 2008 - 6:00am
The Boston Globe

Estates for All

Wendell Cox looks at how single-family detached housing came to be, and why it's likely to remain a popular option for the middle class.
12 November 2008 - 6:00am
New Geography

Bailout Will Try to Save Suburbs, But Can't

Despite the $700 billion financial bailout plan, the suburbs will continue to lose population and value, according to Peter Katz. He says it's time for the government to prevent suburban development that is only doomed to fail.
12 October 2008 - 5:00am
Citiwire

The Fight for the Front Lawn

Greg Beato looks at self-expression via the front lawn. In places that lack homeowners associations, he suggests, individualized lawns have great potential to strengthen the surrounding community.
8 October 2008 - 12:00pm
Reason Online

Showcasing Suburbia

An exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Art offers an unbiased, "awestruck" exploration of America's suburbs.
8 October 2008 - 6:00am
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Suburbs The New Ground Zero For Homelessness

Homelessness is on the rise in metropolitan Vancouver, but the numbers are most significant in the suburbs.
24 September 2008 - 8:00am
Langley Times

Shifting Back to the City

The suburbs draw on Americans may be dwindling, according to this column from Neal Peirce. But, he argues, this shift doesn't mean the end of suburban living.
26 August 2008 - 5:00am
Citiwire

Inner-City Suburbs Rebranded as 'Classic Towns'

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, the MPO for the Philadelphia metropolitan region, has introduced an innovate way of making people aware of the benefits of older, established suburbs: market them.
5 August 2008 - 5:00am
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Suburbs and City Cores Need Cohesion

Rising energy prices and falling home values are bringing many exurban dwellers closer to the city core. In this commentary, Keith Schneider argues that central cities and inner-ring suburbs need to work with each other to stay afloat.
31 July 2008 - 2:00pm
Citiwire

'Suburban Refugees' Could Mean Trouble For Cities

The economic decline of the suburbs could flood cities like New York with "suburban economic refugees". This commentary from the New York Post warns that this is bad news for cities.
23 July 2008 - 6:00am
New York Post

Not Your Father's Suburbs

Next American City reflects on the changing face of suburbia.
21 July 2008 - 9:00am
The Next American City

Fulton to Kotkin: Those Aren't Suburbs

Joel Kotkin's recent LA Times Op-Ed is critiqued by Bill Fulton of the California Planning and Development Report. Fulton argues the suburban areas Kotkin defends are actually urbanizing, whereas true suburbia show signs of becoming the new slums.
8 July 2008 - 12:00pm
California Planning and Development Report

End of Suburbia? Kotkin Says No Way

Joel Kotkin once again leaps to the defense of the suburbs as a choice, and says that urbanists who are hoping that Americans will rush back into the cities are sadly mistaken.
8 July 2008 - 9:00am
The Los Angeles Times

Why Housing Prices Fall More Sharply in the 'Burbs

This segment from NPR looks at what's behind the trend of house prices falling more sharply outside of cities.
6 July 2008 - 5:00am
NPR

Re-Imagining Suburbs as Towns

This article from City Journal looks at the anti-modernist architect Leon Krier's plan for remaking suburbs into self-contained towns.
12 June 2008 - 5:00am
City Journal

Making Suburbs Act Like Cities

In order to respond to the changing climate and economy, many say suburbs need to start acting more like cities.
11 June 2008 - 8:00am
The New York Times

Unfortunately, More Trains Means More Noise

A peaceful suburb wanting to preserve its tranquility is pitted against a large rail company attempting to lessen freight congestion around Chicago by running its trains through it and other suburbs on an existing rail line it hopes to purchase.
5 June 2008 - 1:00pm
Associated Press via Miami Herald

Diversity Spreads From Cities to Suburbs

The suburbs are becoming the inner-city, according to recent studies that are showing a shift in suburban demographics from predominantly white to incredibly diverse.
3 June 2008 - 1:00pm
The Economist
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