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The reason New Urbanists are closely associated with suburban development interests versus urban interests is the availability of large peices of land in the suburbs and the ability to re-write the zoning and codes that are responsible for urban sprawl. Also, the idea of influencing the builders of this sprawl has had it's advantages. The idea of the New Urbanists wanting to force everyone through their prism is usually promulgated by those with a similarly myopic view point. Like anything, take what you like and dump the rest. As for Kuntsler, he's gotten a bit deep into his end of the world/peak oil jag, but he'll always be looked at kindly for opening the eyes of those not conversant with these issues.

I've always had an issue with the term New Urbanists as if it's all about a marketing gimick, but again, that was a pragmatic view towards gaining a market share from an industry averse to change that was/is destroying our environment. To me what they and others do is urbanism, period.

by Thayer-D on May 16, 2012 2:19 pm • link • report

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