Coming out as pro-suburbia

cracks in pomo's change of heart(?!)

It is no secret that Cracks in PoMo hates suburbia.

We have spilt countless cartridges of virtual ink lambasting the horrors of this eerily artificial and diabolically atomizing form of urban planning [here, here, here, here, here, here, and here], to the point that one reader once commented on one of our numerous anti-suburbia pieces, “Hey another article about the suburbs, I wonder what he’ll say...”

Surely, there are plenty of healthy, vibrant suburban communities. Our agenda has more to do with critiquing what suburbia represents on a symbolic, ontological level—which certainly does have practical implications. Just look at the content put out by outlets like Not Just Bikes, Climate Town, and Strong Towns.

But we thought we’d take a moment to step out of character and play devil’s advocate. Perhaps our demonization of suburbia is unmerited. Perhaps the suburbs do not actually incur the wrath of Allah.