The suburbs are the slums of the future.
They are only getting older, they were built poorly and quickly to begin with and wont age well. They have low ceilings are were built too close together with almost no character or some character repeated 1000 times over within a few blocks.
Utterly ridiculous claim. Blanket statements like this are usually unsupportable.
Most suburbs remain the wealthiest and best educated in their respective states and metro areas. Getting older?? Not as old as many decrepit cities and no place is UNIVERSALLY “old” because all human built environments are of varied age. Suburbs can renew and grow just as well as any other city or town. Suburbs weren’t (and aren’t today) built uniformly poorly. Levittown, NY is today a stable prosperous community where most of the original houses still stand and today’s rich suburbs are filled with even better materials. Low ceilings?? Most suburbs today have 9 FT ceilings as minimum and if you meant standards, today’s rich suburbs have some of the highest catering to rich populations. The “close together” comment makes little sense too as cities are famous for having large lots and being too spread out. Cities are where you find homes too close together. Today’s suburbs aren’t built like Levittown. I’ve never seen any (aside from older communities) where all the homes were alike. I see many different floor plans and differing exterior materials and styles within the same community at times. Even Levittown now has unrecognizable homes compared to when they were first built due to being added onto and changed around inside and out.
This whole article seems to suggest the FALSE claim that fortunes have reversed in the U.S. It’s FALSE to claim that suburbs are in decline. The fastest growing counties in most metro areas are suburban counties. Suburban towns are showing the highest growth rates, not cities. Most U.S. cities are growing again and are undergoing renewal thankfully but the suburbs are again growing fast too. The only declining suburbs are the ones that happened to have lower property values for various reasons and have undergone massive demographic changes as poor urban former slum dwellers swept in and brought their crime and gangs with them.
On a high level, the residential real estate market is driven largely by folks trying to get away from the violence and criminality of ghetto people.
They are strongly motivated to create safety for their families.
That’s not rayciss - it’s common sense.
Ghetto people are a great motivator, and they unwittingly drive certain areas of the economy. Home theater / entertainment electronics, for instance: As people increasingly perceive movie theaters as less safe (maybe true) and less civil (definitely true), they stay home for their entertainment options.
That’s nonsense. Most suburbs are absolutely fine and going strong. Take a look at a real estate magazine!