Why is Joel Kotkin Extolling the Virtues of Suburbia?
Why is Joel Kotkin Extolling the Virtues of Suburbia?
Mar 2nd, 2010 Yonah Freemark http://americancity.org/assets/images/rev_logo.png Read More: http://americancity.org/columns/entry/2092/ Quote:
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How about this:
Kotkin and the urbanists are wrong.. |
Ha. The author is a former classmate of mine.
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Wow that picture looks like it could be North Houston.
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Thanks to Kotkin, I'm embarrassed to be a Chapman alumnus.
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He's a utopian just like Kunstler. "Oh, lets all live in quaint villages like Jefferson wanted!"
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Well there is an appeal for many in the Middle Class to want to live in a more spread out environment especially if the conveniences are still near by. But urbanization being forced onto suburbanities?...
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He makes a good living being an apologist for sprawl -- book sales, speaking fees, etc. I'm guessing he believes what he says, but it's also presumably very lucrative.
Based on short articles, he seems to omit the effects of expensive oil on middle class preferences, which is making inner areas more prosperous in many cities, and making fringe areas less prosperous. On his statements on "preferences"...where to start. For one, many inner cities have DRAMATICALLY more expensive housing on a square foot basis compared to even fairly prosperous suburbs, meaning people are paying a premium to live in town. |
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Call it a hunch, but that looks like Atlanta. South part beyond the airport. The wooded areas behind the lots, not all houses have fences, and huge size of the front yard all say Eastern US. In Texas, all yards would be fenced, the backyards would come together and the houses would be closer to the street.
Maybe it could be somewhere out by Magnolia or between 45 and 59 though. Bender's Landing maybe, lolz made me laugh as a huge Futurama fan. I have to be suspicious of anything named Bender... I think it is unfair to judge a place I don't know about so I am not targeting any negativity towards whatever suburb is in that photo, just the concept or idea the picture is supposed to represent according to the article. It is the absolute worst of what I don't like about SPRAWL. As opposed to a suburb which are really independent towns with schools, parks, and commercial and industrial areas vs. these randomly located home developments. Being able to drive around isn't as much a part of it, so much as a kind of social and economic inter-dependence that is the difference between a community and just a geographic location where people live. |
Yea it's Atlanta.
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Here's a streetview of the neighborhood pictured. |
Discussing the actual topic would be nice, instead of treating this thread like a 'guess the city' contest.
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i think it looks like charlotte
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You know I never actually clicked on the article where it has the caption, so that was just a guess:notacrook:
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Why is Joel Kotkin extolling the virtues of suburbia?
Because he is a douchebag. |
^cause joel kotkin is paid by the sprawl industry, and thus will praise the beauty and convenience of sprawl, while downplaying the externalized, hidden and deferred costs. joel kotkin won't talk about the fat profits generated by his patrons from sprawl.
kinda sad to see a shill get so much exposure. kinda sad to see how some people honestly see him as an objective voice. |
Maybe this Joel Kotkin is thinking ahead to ensure the suburb's survival.
---------------------------------------------- A Mission to Make Suburbs, Well, More Like the City June 9, 2008 By PAUL VITELLO http://imgur.com/HUbLu.gif Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/ny...in&oref=slogin Quote:
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Crotchkin is living in a fantasy.
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Who provides funding for him?
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