Moving To The Exurbs

The exurbs are growing. Why? There is obviously a need that is not being met by existing communities. Unfortunately, most can agree that his kind of growth is neither positive in nature nor sustainable. It seems like we have an opportunity here and we, as a collective group of citizens, are blowing it. What we are seeing are the beginnings of new settlements that will become new style towns and cities. But, unless we do better planning, the end result will be no better than what we have now. For instance if we are going to go out in the desert and build in an open area it seems like the perfect chance to use the designs of Jacque Fresco. Instead the new developments are highly energy intensive and wasteful, just the opposite of what we really need. There is a really good discussion on "Suburbs vs. Exurbs" at City Comforts, the blog.