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History of the Suburbs in the United States How the Utopian Dream Never Materialized

February 5, 2018 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

The suburbs are a uniquely American invention. But how did they come about? Back in the late 1930s, after America suffered the worst ravages of the Great Depression, most agreed that big cities with congestion, poverty, industrial pollution and blight, must be drastically redesigned. Lewis Mumford’s The City, was a propaganda film offering an alternative vision to cities for … [Read more...]

The Loss of Utah’s Green Belt

July 24, 2012 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Discussing the topic of growth with employees at Young Living Farms, in Mona, Utah they agree that the appeal of Nephi and Mona comes from what you don’t see: an absence of billboards and traffic jams, big box stores and tract homes. Instead, people want to live in the quiet valleys around farms, rivers and lakes in the still largely rural West. From my perspective, I … [Read more...]

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