I&#x27;d agree about the negative impact of suburbia for completely different reasons. The culture created by it has the nature of a bubble where its occupants don&#x27;t ever interact with anyone &quot;different&quot;. Clothes, jobs, mannerisms, jokes, religions, activities, food...are all the same.<p>This dulls people&#x27;s sense of empathy in a considerable and damaging way. Instead of being able to think critically and with empathy, suburbia drives people to view all of their sameness as a &quot;good thing&quot;.<p>We need to break these bubbles, redraw our towns and cities with integrated services, focused on walking, biking, and as little driving internally as possible. You car for should be intra-city travel. Not for going around a fence to the grocery store that&#x27;s 1000ft away.