From Brady Bunch to Friends (or should that be New Girl):
After 60 years, many commentators have announced that the American Dream is making its next great shift — this time from the suburbs to the urban core of our cities. Indeed, at the recent New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in San Diego, Chris Nelson, Joe Molinaro and Shyam Kannan made it clear that a radical shift in preferences is on the horizon.
More here in Better! Cities and Towns.
As one of these Young People, and having previously owned and sold a home I’d like to point out that a factor to this shift is learning from our successors that suburban life isn’t that convenient or fulfilling as advertised.
My father a boomer drives one hour to work, and one hour back from work… all for a job that he isn’t that satisfied with.
My grandparents chose to purchase a home in a “retirement village.” Essentially they are 20 minutes from everyday necessities and disconnected from all civic life. At an older age it has gotten tougher, not easier to do simple everday tasks.
There’s nothing vibrant or convenient with the way things have been developed in our cities. Humans are still intrigued with other humans (ie Facebook) and the way to seek this human connection is once again through an urban style of living.
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