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Originally Posted by vandelay
It's safe to say that the brunt of the scourge that took down small cities like Camden is in retreat right now. Suburbia and exurbia are going to be hit hard in the next few decades.
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Not this again....
There isn't going to be a mass exodus from the suburbs like there was from the city in the 1950's...it's just not going to happen that way. The motivations behind that were de-industrialization and racism.
Cities are growing, which is great. Suburban sprawl is going to slow down - also great. Town centers are going to grow and become more walkable, especially those with mass transit options into cities. Philadelphia suburbs aren't shrinking, they are becoming more dense...people don't want to take cars everywhere all the time - the suburb's greatest pitfall. I will agree that exurbs with no transit options may take a hit, but there will still always be a desire from somebody to have multiple acres of land and privacy, something that doesn't exist in the city and is rare in the inner ring suburbs. Different strokes, different folks...I personally think what is happening in the US is great, people are becoming more community oriented (no matter what setting that community lies in) and there is less 'fear' of your neighbor.