tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761481062799905743.post243398048867097088..comments2009-02-12T17:18:47.429-05:00Jon Kollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888466586219193268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761481062799905743.post-80495191166712805582009-02-12T17:18:00.000-05:002009-02-12T17:18:00.000-05:00You bring up disparate but telling examples. All of these place have particular resources that make them intrinsically valuable. Suburbs too have valuable resources, but they are simply too large to ever fill up enough to support transit. <BR/><BR/>I very much agree with you that suburbs will change. We should work to make that change go smoothly and productively, not to stand in its way.Jon Kollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888466586219193268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761481062799905743.post-44267495200833764792009-02-12T11:38:00.000-05:002009-02-12T11:38:00.000-05:00Once upon a time, suburbs in the boonies like Brooklyn, NY, Hyde Park, IL and Oakland, CA lacked the population and affluence to support massive public transit. That changed over time.<BR/><BR/>Unless history has stopped forever, suburbs will continue to change; some becoming more urbanized, some becoming ruralized or abandoned.Laurence Aurbachhttp://pedshed.netnoreply@blogger.com