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Originally Posted by Onn
Not literally suburbia, but an earlier form that put emphasis on outward expanion.
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Lose an argument, change the definition of the word. You can't call something by a word and then change the definition of the word to make your argument work, sorry. If you had said "Westward Expansion is a theme in the hisory of development in America." Then you would have been correct, but you can't say suburbia is a theme and then attempt to redefine the word suburbia as "westward expansion." That said, you aren't even using the term westward expansion, you are saying "outward expansion" which I would assume means cities sprawling outwards in which case you are still extremely incorrect.
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Drive though small towns in America from the 19th century and you'll see many of the same characteristics that you see in modern subrubs today. They just were smaller.
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Bhahahaha like what? Name one characteristic shared between an agrarian small town from the 1800's and a suburb. I can guarantee that the only similarity you will find is that suburbs from the past 25 years attempt, and miserably fail, to replicate the traditional architectural styles of small towns by tacking gables onto box stores.
Trust me, I grew up in an agrarian small town (it was a regional mill town providing grain processing services to the nearby farmers) nearly perfectly preserved from the 1800's. It is in no way similar to the suburbs. In fact, the planning and design of the historic areas of town is much more akin to the planning of downtown Chicago than it is to a suburb...
Again, name one thing a suburb and a small town from the 1800's have in common that is more than superficial (i.e. you can't say something like "they both have grass") and not a common trait of all human civilization and I'll admit you have a point. If you truly believe what you just said you've clearly never been to a small town with any historical sections.