The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving | 
From 2000 to 2007 the United States developed close to four million acres of farmland, spending billions tilling it and filling it with fast, cheap tract houses for first-time buyers.
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From 2000 to 2007 the United States developed close to four million acres of farmland, spending billions tilling it and filling it with fast, cheap tract houses for first-time buyers.
A small apartment with interesting friends and a good Wi-Fi connection are today‘s ‘57 Chevy.
In 1969, roughly half of all children walked or biked to school, but today that figure is less than 15 percent.
Contrary to what she expected, kids didn‘t really run around outside and play in the subdivision. Instead, everything was coordinated by scheduled activity and playdate, so every day she would spend the hours from 3 pm to 6 pm shuttling her children to and from all the places they needed to be: swimming, chess, ballet..all the ridiculous things you sign them up for because they can‘t just go outside and do something with their friends for 3 hours.
Whether it‘s because everything is so far apart or because it‘s not possible for safety reasons or because it‘s just not fun, suburban residents, relatively speaking, don‘t really walk all that much. Studies using pedometers have found the average American takes a little over 5,100 steps a day, compared with 9,700 steps for Australians, 7,200 steps for the Japanese, and 9,650 for the Swiss.