Suburbia

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This paper discusses how Alex Marshall has been studying the matter and following the development of major players in the urban planning community for years and uses examples to demonstrate where cities work and where they fail to provide an adequate and enjoyable context for human social interaction. The comparison between cities in Europe and cities in the United States are examined in this paper.

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"Since the end of the Second World War, most new development in America has taken place in Suburbia - that gray zone between the last city block and the amber waves of grain. Opinions on this uniquely 20th century innovation in human living vary. Many see a detached house, complete with a two-car garage and a swing-set as the American Dream. Others, who grew up in such an environment, seek to replace it with one that re-vitalizes or mimics traditional urban centers and villages that engender communitarian virtues while preserving the environment. To evaluate the suburb as a social phenomenon, we must look at it through the eyes of policy makers and those who have seen it evolve first-hand."

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