Christopher B. Leinberger, esperto e progettista di aree urbane, spiega, in un lungo e affascinante articolo su The Atlantic cosa sta accadendo negli US dopo la crisi dei subprime.
At the height of the boom, 10,000 new homes were built there (nota: a sud di Sacramento, in California) in just four years. Now many are empty; renters of dubious character occupy others. Graffiti, broken windows, and other markers of decay have multiplied.Uno dei risultati immediatamente visibili è quindi l'abbandono (o il non-acquisto) delle abitazioni e ville monofamiliari, generalmente costruite nei sobborghi, per un rientro in piccoli appartamenti di città.
Arthur C. Nelson, director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, forecasts a likely surplus of 22 million large-lot homes (houses built on a sixth of an acre or more) by 2025 - that's roughly 40 percent of the large-lot homes in existence today.Il rientro nelle città è anche segnato dai media e dai serial TV, che riprendono, consapevolmente o meno, il fenomeno sociale.
Just nine years after Kurt Russell escaped from the wreck of New York (nota: si riferisce a 1999: Fuga da New York), Seinfeld - followed by Friends, then Sex and the City - began advertising the city's renewed urban allure to Gen-Xers and Millennials. Many Americans, meanwhile, became disillusioned with the sprawl and stupor that sometimes characterize suburban life. These days, when Hollywood wants to portray soullessness, despair, or moral decay, it often looks to the suburbs - as The Sopranos and Desperate Housewives attest - for inspiration.Il resto è qui. Via The Atlantic.
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