A plausible takeaway from his observations is: Americans are impressed by European cities, because we don't live in cities in general. And Europeans aren't imp

A plausible takeaway from his observations is: Americans are impressed by European cities, because we don't live in cities in general. And Europeans aren't impressed by American cities, because even a good city is par for the course in Europe; hardly deserving of a transcontinental flight. But I'm not seeing anything to justify his "Suburbia, Fuck Yeah!" conclusion. The author's celebration of the suburbs ignores every cost to living there. Easiest example: you have to drive everywhere. That is a huge cost in and of itself, primarily to the lower to middle class people he figures are so much better off in the suburbs. And the lack of sane zoning in the suburbs also winds up ghetto-izing lower income neighborhoods, multiplying their social problems.