JOEL KOTKIN: So Much For The Death Of Sprawl: America’s Exurbs Are Booming. “It’s time to put an end to the urban legend of the impending death of America’s suburbs. With the aging of the millennial generation, and growing interest from minorities and immigrants, these communities are getting a fresh infusion of residents looking for child-friendly, affordable, lower-density living. . . . How could this be? If you read most major newspapers, or listened to NPR or PBS, you would think that the bulk of American job and housing growth was occurring closer to the inner core. Yet more than 80% of employment growth from 2007 to 2013 was in the newer suburbs and exurbs”
Well, when you have hard-left organizers promoting riots and lawlessness in urban areas, naturally suburbs will boom. It’s like 1968 all over again. And if you rely on NPR, PBS, and “major newspapers” to give you an accurate review of what life is like in most of America, well. . .