Suburbanization


 * GROWTH OF CITIES AND SUBURBANIZATION: 1950s to the Present**
 * Suburbanization: Why? How? Impact?
 * cheap, mass-produced homes
 * Highways v. Interstate (autobahn's influence)
 * more $$$
 * GI Bill
 * land
 * (implicit and/or explicit) racism
 * schools
 * Baby Boom ($, health, education)
 * Suburbs of suburbs, then suburbs of suburbs of suburbs
 * gov't $ encouragement of homeowning
 * Inner cities
 * blockbusting, redlining, funding issues, schools, busing, ghettos
 * What did that leave for the inner cities?
 * funding issues
 * 1990s/2000s: Gentrification
 * downtowns
 * single-family unit housing v. mixed use