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This new urbanism is an attack on the conservatives who prefer the comfort and safety of the suburbs.

These condo towers serve the function of drastically increasing urban property values, drawing the wealthy from the suburbs and thus hurting suburban property values which thereby force those who once lived in the urban blight to the suburbs.

That in turn increases crime in the suburbs and impacts those who worked hard to buy a piece of the American Dream out in the conservative suburbs.

This new urbanism is an attack on the conservatives who prefer the comfort and safety of the suburbs.

I don't see it as a threat to the suburbs. I did my time in the suburbs, raised my 2.2 kids there and did the whole Little League routine with the endless car trips to Blockbuster's, Chuck E Cheese, bowling alleys, strip malls, miniature golf, ice cream stands, and so on.

I mowed lawns, raked leaves, shoveled snow, painted sheds, cut firewood and all that other suburban kind of stuff. I hosted easily 2,000 backyard barbecues over the years with neighbors in sport shirts drinking cold long necks, getting bit by mosquitoes and having to spray for ants, wasps and other pests.

Now that the kids are grown, I yearn for a less complicated life. I find a condo in an urban high-rise pretty appealing. Zillions of restaurants and cafes within walking distance of the ground floor. A balcony to sip a glass of wine, read a book and take in the view. A pair of binoculars to be a nosy neighbor without ever knowing who they are. Enough space for the wife and I but not enough space to host "extend-their-welcome" guests.

The Illuminati, or whoever you thinks runs the world, is not going to spend millions of dollars building highrises unless they think that people will want to live in them.

If the Illuminati is really running the world, then why did they allow forced busing to happen? That was the biggest incentive for getting the middle class to move out of city centers in order so they could send their kids to neighborhood schools.

If some people are moving back toward city centers because the traffic is getting horrible or because they prefer a more urban lifestyle, and investors are willing to meet the demand by building highrises then so be it.

It’s white people taking the cities back as blacks move to cheaper housing in the burbs...

There's really nothing conservative about the suburbs. In fact, I'd suggest that what I call the "suburban mindset" has played a major role in the decline of the U.S. over the last 75 years.

Your first sentence says it all. Most people I know who have lived all of their lives in the suburbs put "comfort and safety" above all else -- including freedom and liberty. People who live in urban rat-holes often behave like caged animals, while people who live in the "comfort house pets that have gotten used to having someone feed them.

These condo towers serve the function of drastically increasing urban property values, drawing the wealthy from the suburbs and thus hurting suburban property values which thereby force those who once lived in the urban blight to the suburbs.

Olivia, lie down for a minute and get over it.

This is just another choice for people who want to live downtown. Should we make city high-rise apartments illegal so that those of you who like the suburbs can feel safe.

I've a feeling you haven't really thought this through.

And, BTW, I'm not living downtown. I prefer the country. The thought of living in a suburb depresses me. Maybe, I'm part of the conspiracy, too.