Modern American Suburbs are ruining your mental health as they are lonely, cardependent, and lack Third Places. Due to Euclidean zoning laws, minimum parking requirements, and other regulations, it is illegal to build anything other than these isolating singlefamily homes. This does not mean suburbs are bad as a concept: Streetcar Suburbs are an example of suburbia that are walkable and foster community.

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➜ References & Further Reading:
Are America’s downtowns unsafe? The data says no
https://www.vox.com/futureperfect/23...

Segregation By Design
https://www.segregationbydesign.com/

Suburbia Doesn't Have to Feel Lonely
   • Suburbia Doesn't Have to Feel Lonely  

The Great Places Erased by Suburbia (the Third Place)
   • The Great Places Erased by Suburbia (...  

The Houses that Can't be Built in America The Missing Middle
   • The Houses that Can't be Built in Ame...  

Do Yourself a Favor and Go Find a ‘Third Place’
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/ar...

American Community Life Survey
https://www.americansurveycenter.org/...

Loneliness at Epidemic Levels in America
https://www.multivu.com/players/Engli...

Teens aren't socializing in the real world
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...

➜ Timestamps:
0:00 Subrubs are lifeless
0:36 American downtowns are neglected
1:44 Suburbs don't have to suck
2:38 Intro
2:49 Streetcar suburbs
3:55 Why modern suburbs suck
5:18 The Third Place
7:52 Finding a balance
9:03 The loneliness epidemic
9:42 Urban design is important

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