Talk:Suburbanization

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This has set the United States apart from many other countries where the majority of people live in urban areas

Not true in my opinion. Suburbanization has happened all over the world. -- Klafubra 16:16, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

This article is to much focused on the US. Jeroenvrp 13:30, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Hopefully, my lastest edit talks about suburbanization on a more worldly basis. I might make some later edits describing Suburbanization in my own country (Australia)- Chanlord 05:29, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Reverting to saved version. Let's keep the spelling American consistent Chanlord 05:29, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

What is the difference between suburbanization and counter urbanization though?

[edit] Only in America?

This article is solely about the US. Suburbanisation happens in other countries as well - • The Giant Puffin • 09:01, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

That is true, but the US may be the country in which the effect of suburbanization may be the most profound, due to the extent of its occurence and the percentage of the population involved. As the article notes, a majority of the American population now lives in the suburbs, making the suburban experience now the most typically American one. This was not the case in the past, when the rural areas held sway, nor in the more recent times when the cities held the bulk of the population. Although the trend to suburbs certainly can happen anywhere where the conditions are right for it, not every country is so ripe for it as the US is. For one thing, a certain level of economic development is necessary, as is the prevalence of a vibrant and widespread middle-class. Most importantly, there has to be land available outside of the cities to suburbs to grow in, which is not always the case in countries which are much older than the US (and therefore have had their cities growing for a much longer time), and smaller in size.

I do agree that it's important that as much information be included about suburbanization wherever it occurs in the world, but there can be no doubting that the American experience of it is a significant and important one, which justifies its current centrality in this article. I think the recent changes that have been made help to generalize it more, which is good, and I welcome the addition of any information about the process in other countries, but not necessarily at the expense of the information that's been included about the process in the US. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) 03:43, 27 February 2007 (UTC)