A Relentless Desire to Control

You can put up all the signs you want, but your community will still be vulnerable to a myriad of external shocks.

Sanphillippo, Parking, Top StoryJohnny SanphillippoMay 29, 2018cars, suburbs

Why Suburban Malls Survive

When it comes to the mall, reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.

Top StoryMatthew GerkenMay 3, 2018shopping malls, suburbs

The Californians Are Coming!

Housing options become even more scarce when the value of property is no longer tethered to the local labor market.

Housing, Sanphillippo, Top StoryJohnny SanphillippoApril 18, 2018California, suburbs, NIMBY

Give the People What They Want

What you think you know about public preference (for a certain style of home, neighborhood, etc.) is all wrong.

Shovel Ready

The rise of technology is slowly emptying out our malls and business parks. They could be put to better use... if we actually wanted to solve the problem.

Sanphillippo, Top Story, Growth Ponzi SchemeJohnny SanphillippoMarch 22, 2018suburbs, suburbanization

This new suburban place has some lessons for old suburban places.

Montgomery County, MD is trying to build a new kind of suburb. It hasn't totally worked but there are lessons to be learned nonetheless.

Top Story, Urban DesignDan ReedAugust 23, 2017suburbs, Greater Greater Washington, race

Exempting Suburbia: How suburban development gets special treatment in our tax code

Homeownership and suburban development receive preferential tax treatment, and the market responds to incentives built into the code.

HousingDevon Marisa ZuegelAugust 22, 2017suburbs, federal housing policy, Tax Code, housing market

Financing Suburbia: How government mortgage policy determined where you live

On the surface, mortgages appear to be a mostly free market enterprise, but the system masks a huge amount of government intervention.

Housing, Top StoryDevon Marisa ZuegelAugust 16, 2017subsidies, suburbs, suburbanization, federal housing policy

On the Outside, Looking In

African Americans are moving to the suburbs in increasing numbers. While that's a promising sign of upward mobility, it could also mean they get left behind in declining neighborhoods, just as they once were during the era of white flight.

Pete SaundersJuly 26, 2017race, suburbs

Busting 4 Common Myths About the Suburbs

It's time to put these common misconceptions about suburban America to rest.

Quednau, Top EvergreenRachel QuednauJuly 25, 2017suburbs, suburbanization, suburban retrofit, suburban experiment

The Hills are Alive ('cause the Cities Subsidize Them)

The wealth one sees in the countryside resides there, but it is not created there. These residences are not the producers of wealth but the consumers of it.

Member Post, Top StorySteven ShultisJuly 13, 2017suburbs, subsidies

The Wrong Conversation

The ship is sinking and we're not even rearranging the deck chairs; we're arguing about their color.

Herriges, ZoningDaniel HerrigesJune 28, 2017growth, Florida, suburbs, suburban experiment, NIMBY

A Town Square out of Thin Air

Can a suburban “downtown” built from the ground up for over $150 million succeed?

Let Urban be Urban and let Suburban be Suburban

"How do we focus and where do we focus our energies?" This was the question posed by Strong Towns member and urban designer Kevin Klinkenberg in his recent workshop at the Strong Towns Summit.

Video, summitStrong TownsMay 1, 2017suburban retrofit, suburbs