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Social critic James H. Kuntzler says our suburbs are a “national automobile slum” that we will have to change whether we “like it or not.”
In Kuntzler’s view, the end the oil economy will force us to design cities and lifestyles that are more sensible and sustainable.
He is savagely critical of contemporary architecture, which he describes as “entropy made visible” and a source of “despair.”
He urges us to return to the way we organized cities in the past, which made it easy for people to walk short distances from home to work to shopping, rather than relying on cars to get around in non-cities spread chaotically around the not-quite-rural areas.
He says America is now 38,000 places that are not worth defending or caring about. He says we deserve better because public spaces are a measure and symbol of who we are.

There is widespread concern and comment on suburban sprawl and other land-use issues.

Academic take on solving sprawl “100K House”

New Urbanism Blog discusses sprawl

Wall Street Journal take on California efforts to stop sprawl

Blog with international view on sprawl

Business Week’s “Hot Property” blog takes a look at suburban sprawl

“Fear & Loathing” a critic’s take on suburban sprawl

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James H. Kunstler is a provocateur who (figuratively) throws bombs at America’s suburban sprawl.  He says our architectural misdeeds threaten to make this a nation “not worth defending.”

He says the end of the oil-based economy, which he asserts is close at hand, means we should live closer to where we work, eat local produce, and find work that is useful to our neighbors.