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The End Of The Suburbs: Where The American Dream Is Moving (2013)

by Leigh Gallagher(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1591845254 (ISBN13: 9781591845256)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Portfolio Hardcover

review 1: An extremely interesting and well-written overview of the how our suburban sprawl came to be, why it flourished, the problems it has created, and why we need to move beyond this wasteful method of urban planning and living.Highly recommended for anyone interested in the issues of urban planning, transportation, our future uses of fossil and other energy forms, and the future of our cities and towns.
review 2: A great general introduction to New Urbanism, solid journalism on the housing market crash and its aftermath, and a well-informed (if sometimes painstakingly moderate) analysis of America's changing residential patterns. I wish Gallagher had turned on the caps lock at some point and proclaimed, in a burst of James Kunstler-ish raving, that some of these p... morelaces just aren't worth saving, but maturity and facts are cool too. Solid first book--I'm interested to see what the author writes next. less

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