Can Urban Sprawl Be Stopped? : Homestead Theory

The dream to build a new home. Families grow up, moved out, move on. When they do, they want to move new. This appears to be a dominate paradigm in western society. As the baby boomers start to die off, the amount of available housing will greatly out weigh demand. With a surplus in housing, how will western society respond? Radical shifts towards European values should not be expected. Just as our parents moved out of the cities into the suburbs, the next era will move from the suburbs into a comparative residential archetype. 

 Europeans grow up, move on, and move out much like everyone else. They don’t move new, they can’t. While suburbia defined North American culture,Wayne’s World didn’t fair so well in box offices.

 We were settled by Europeans who had a need or inherent desire to homestead. They survived, and their children grew up, moved out and moved on. Generations homesteaded to fulfill their needs. This desire to homestead has almost become instinctual in the western human. What influence will common sense have against genetic instincts?

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[jt ferris]

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