> They want breathing room but disdain the energy wastefulness, visual monotony and social conformity of postwar manufactured neighborhoods. then a few sentenc

> They want breathing room but disdain the energy wastefulness, visual monotony and social conformity of postwar manufactured neighborhoods. then a few sentences later > Existing suburbs were developed to maximize house and lot sizes, There is an important piece of info they brushed right past: Existing suburbs were developed to maximize house and lot sizes within a single development, but optimize for that development to be as tightly clustered as possible. This is obvious if you travel through the outskirts of a major metro area. Loudon VA years ago (DC) or Gig Harbor (Seattle). There will be a bunch of nothing for 20 miles, then 40 houses with about 20 feet between each of them, and then a bunch of nothing. I think it's lazy and shortsighted of NYT to write this off as disdain for "visual monotony and social conformity". It's about peace and quiet. The next generation of suburbs needs to be optimized for a bunch of tired sacks aching for reprieve from a world that seems to always be poking at them for something. That means not being elbow to elbow with your neighbors and their shitty, shitty kids.