Sunbelt boomtowns like Atlanta, Houston, and Riverside, California have grown at breakneck pace thanks to cheap and plentiful housing built along sprawling highway networks.
"Because new ground seemed plentiful, houses were no longer clustered, and most of them weren't raised above ground level, since flooding seemed 'impossible'," Ford wrote.
Nowhere are the problems with this approach more apparent than in the attempt to plan urbanisation, which entailed the construction of large new cities – complete with modern infrastructure and plentiful housing – that have yet to be occupied.
America used to have it all: good jobs, booming economy, skyrocketing stock market and plentiful housing.
Its increasingly-youthful population and plentiful housing means that artists can realize their ideas in a fraction of the time it takes to produce work in larger cities.
Its increasingly-youthful population and plentiful housing means that artists can realize their ideas in a fraction of the time it takes to produce work in larger cities. .
If jobs are plentiful and house prices strong, Americans may ditch their worries about the deficit, forget their fears of foreign competition and buy into a bigger vision of a confident investor-based society.
They're a couple in their 20s, attracted to the pretty and plentiful old housing stock in East Nashville.
THE tree is glittering in the living room, and garlands are plentiful throughout the house.
Since L.A. rentals are plentiful, this tiny house will gross only $2,200 a month, or perhaps $1,450 after operating expenses.
