Debbie Wheeler of the Walton Sun did an interesting article on Seaside founder Robert Davis' titled "Is New Urbanism The Answer?". Here is a quote from the article (READ Full Article),
""People bought into the concept that the American Dream consisted of owning an automobile and a house in the suburbs, an idea created in 1939 by General Motors at Futurama when people saw its diorama of cars moving across multi-lane highways allowing people to travel in comfort to a house with its own yard. In the depths of the depression, it was a remarkable vision and people wanted it," said Davis.
"So much of America has been built around the American dream of happy motoring. America is attached to autos. It's a romantic attachment. But it's a kind of prison of being strapped into a car seat asylum," he continued. "We need to rethink our concept of the American Dream and stop sending money to Saudi Arabia and Detroit. We're sending an astounding amount of wealth to other countries for oil to support a habit that is destroying our world. Forty-two-thousand people a year die in car crashes, the biggest percentage between the ages of 15 and 30. We should be outraged."
So what do you think? Is New Urbanism the answer? Feel free to add an "Other" answer to the poll below which I will quote in the "Other Replies" list below and/or add a comment at the bottom.
OTHER Replies: "It's a good concept but unrealistic."
