the ryan king

I’ve had this idea floating around my head for the last few days: the suburban life is not sustainable.

I first started thinking about this after reading a great article over at worldchanging.com.

The North American suburban life is grossly inefficient. In my mind the impetus is freedom. We all want our own car and we want to have it with use wherever we go. I’m not sure when the suburbanization trend with reverse, but it seems that it likely will at some point.

I, for one, would rather move to an urban environment (and I’m planning on it). I don’t like car commutes, they’re so anti-social and such a time waste. If I’m going to have to ride somewhere for 30 minutes, I’d like to at least be able to read a book or something. I also think suburban life is, in large part, anti-social. Let’s all move to the city and walk or ride bikes. It’ll be good for us and good for the world.

This entry was posted on Monday, November 22nd, 2004 at 1:33 am.