Suburbia is not cheap at all, not even in the short run. The reality is that it is very expensive and heavily, heavily subsidized. US style Suberbia is a resul

Suburbia is not cheap at all, not even in the short run. The reality is that it is very expensive and heavily, heavily subsidized. US style Suberbia is a result of the US government massive policies in encouraging suburbia style housing and highway building during the New Deal and then in the Post-WW2 boom, plus of course the Red-Lining and destruction of city centers. These places never ever pay for themselves. You can look at the data gathered by 'Strong Towns' and 'Urban3'. In fact the poorer parts of the city/state and of course the town center are subsidizing the richer suberbia. Its a fucking travisty of epic proportion. Suberbia is expensive to set up initially, needs massive infrastructure backing to be viable and is horrible energy inefficient.