The Suburbs Are Making a Comeback. Have We Learned Nothing?

<p>In the Salt Lake Valley, the world is humming merrily along. The belches and clatters of machines fill the air &mdash; the sounds of Inevitable Progress. Housing developments bloom, seemingly overnight, springing from expanses of rock and dirt and tumbleweed.</p> <p>My partner grew up in the Avenues of Salt Lake City, a quiet urban neighborhood with sidewalks and tall, shade-casting trees. His mother rented a string of one-bedroom apartments until she could finally afford a home to call her own. Homes within the city limits were beyond her reach, as they are for so many of us, so she moved to a suburb. Then to another suburb. Then to another suburb after that.</p> <p><a href="https://keralataylor.medium.com/the-suburbs-are-making-a-comeback-have-we-learned-nothing-6677fec668e"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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