Update: I’ve added a few thoughts on the jump.
James Howard Kunstler bluntly makes the case against America’s urban design, specifically suburbia. His argument centers on the cultural consequences of how we live. This is interesting because it is so rarely discussed.
I’ve posted the video below and added comments on the jump. The talk is 20 [...]
Peter Viles over at LA Land also comments on the suburbia-oil nexus:
Consider the effect of $4 gas. A 110-mile round-trip commute gets very expensive in a hurry. Consider that fast-growing areas such as the Inland Empire have suddenly lost a major source of economic vitality: home-building and all the economic activity it creates and sustains.
But [...]
Aaron Newton of Powering Down sounds off on the suburbia-oil nexus:
There is little doubt that during that last 60 years we here in America have transformed our manmade landscape in a way that is fundamentally different from any form of human habitation ever known. While many have flocked to this new way of organizing the [...]
The Atlantic has an interesting read this month on the future of suburban living — that there will be much less of it. The author suggests a host of reasons for this. Essentially it’s a combination of rising oil prices/rejection of the car culture, lack of community in the suburbs, and the monotony of suburban [...]
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