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"Either way, it's a perfect example of the difficulty in retrofitting suburbia. Also the reason why urban areas have a great advantage going forward into the coming decades. These suburban growth models have an incredible amount of inertia, both legal and cultural. It's tough to change the trajectory of a hurtling asteroid. "

Of course as we have seen urban jurisdictions can also have cultural and legal inertia. And of course both can face problems with the economics of retrofitting physical legacy development.

Right now I don't think there is a jurisdiction in the region better prepared in its political and social cultural for urbanism than Arlington County Virginia. Whether Arlington is a suburb or a city is a matter of Talmudic subtelty, and unless there is a prize for bragging rights I'm not sure it matters.

by AWalkerInTheCity on Oct 20, 2011 3:54 pm • link • report

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