Is Lakewood a Suburb?

[Bill Call]

One of the assumptions of urban planners is that the millennials will want to raise their families in dense urban areas. That's not true:

http://www.demandinstitute.org/blog/mil ... heir-homes

What does the mean for Lakewood? What does that say about the efficacy of billions in subsidies for downtown development?

[ryan costa]

sprawl is highly subsidized. credit for purchasing homes is highly subsidized.
the bulk of U.S. political and free market policy is to maximize energy dependence.
the post-industrial economy relies on increasing sprawl much more so than the old industrial economy.
john kenneth galbraith summarized the question best: how to manage surplus productivity.
It is necessary to continue slumming up more areas to create new demand.