Where will everyone live? Not Suburbia

Ray Rodriguez
Where will everyone live? Not Suburbia.

Usually the area where you live has an affect on how you grow up. Since some Americans grow up in the suburbs, they learn to live by the “American Dream” white picket fence, stay at home mom and a successful father shaping their usage of certain technological items. More immigration in the United States causes more risks for competition towards what is available. In the video on http://sprawlcity.org/ “Sprawl City” shows how since immigration is increasing, the amount of greenhouse gasses is based on “Immigration = population + affluence + technology (IPAT)” stated by Leon Kolankiewicz. This basically means more people the more usage of technology due to amount of money made; therefore, more greenhouse gasses. Also other arguments posed on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCe?WCVWZbdo&feature=fvw “Radiant City: Suburban landscape” and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyXNb1uifds&feature=channel “Radiant City: commuting” are that suburban areas are according to Andres Duany “cookie cut” because the current frame of the homes are weak and are made with lack of interest and creativity. Also most suburban areas are closed off and makes it harder to get certain things for example the use of commuting to areas where there are stores, jobs and other conveniences there fore causing an estimated “55, 8 hour workday driving” stated in the video “Radiant City: commuting” But why did this fascination all start? Well some had the bright idea “Post War wealth” after gaining cheaper energy and resources shown in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHr8OzaloLM “End of Suburbia: Trailer”. On the other hand it is estimated that this way of living will not be sustained because the amount of luxury will not be supported by civilization and create a massive change to ways of living.

I think that if the ideas of living a better life, most actions like the migration to Jamestown would not have taken place, eventually not leading us to industrial advances and use of certain items to become better then the people around us isolating us from society. As referred by the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHr8OzaloLM “End of Suburbia: Trailer”, the black out; the black out was a life changing experience for many people who lived on the east coast making their speculations of we can do what ever we want, this is America, we have everything just vanish in the blink of a light. I know my views changed, I actually saw what I took for granted after that experience. If suburban America continues to try and set standards, eventually they will fall do to insufficient materials or energy to help supply the luxurious life. Eventually this raises the question where would they all go easy smaller neighborhoods like mine. Living in the Southside Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY makes it difficult to be able to go around and not see prices rise, new condominiums rise and the poorer minorities like me be slowly pushed away into the curb just so that the “elite” and wealthier people could just live a fabulous life while I have to find affordable housing and be able to have enough money to pay for what is actually necessary for my everyday life.

Work Cited:
http://sprawlcity.org/ “Sprawl City”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHr8OzaloLM “End of Suburbia: Trailer”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCe?WCVWZbdo&feature=fvw “Radiant City: Suburban landscape”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyXNb1uifds&feature=channel “Radiant City: commuting”