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The birth of suburbia A.There is no single pivotal moment that could be separated out from any other as the conception of th
The birth of suburbia A.There is no single pivotal moment that could be separated out from any other as the conception of th
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The birth of suburbia
A.There is no single pivotal moment that could be separated out from any other as the conception of the suburban lifestyle; from the early 1800s various types of suburban development have sprung up and evolved in their own localized ways, from the streetcar suburbs of New York to the dormitory towns outside of London. It is William Leavitt, however, who is generally regarded as the father of modern suburbia. During World War II, Leavitt served in the United States Navy where he developed expertise in the mass construction of military housing, a process that he streamlined using uniform and interchangeable parts. In 1947, the budding developer used this utilitarian knowledge to begin work with his father and architect brother constructing a planned community on Long Island, New York. With an emphasis on speed, efficiency, and cost-effective production, the Levitz were soon able to produce over 30 units a day.
B.William Leavitt correctly predicted the demand for affordable, private, quiet and comfortable homes from returning Gils after World War II and with the baby boom starting to kick in. All the original tots sold out in a matter of days, and by 1951 nearly 18,000 homes in the area had been constructed by the Leavitt & Sons Company. Levittown quickly became the prototype of mass-produced housing, spurring the construction of similar projects in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and even Puerto Rico, followed by a new industry, and soon a new way of life and a new idea[ for the American family.
C.One of the major criticisms of suburbia is that it can lead to isolation and social dislocation. With properties spread out over great swathes of land, sealed off from one another by bushes, fences and trees, the emphasis of suburban life is placed squarely on privacy rather than community. In the densely-populated urban settlements that pre-dated suburbs (and that are still the predominant way of life for some people), activities such as childcare and household chores as well as sources of emotional and moral support were widely socialized. This insured that any one family would be able to draw on a pool of social resources from their neighbors, building cohabitants and family on nearby streets. Suburbia breaks these networks down into individual and nuclear family units resulting in an increase in anti-social behavior even amongst the wealthy. Teens from wealthy suburban families, for example, are more likely to smoke, dank alcohol and use drugs than their poorer urban peers, and are also more likely to experience depression and anxiety.
D.Another major problem with the suburban Lifestyle is its damagin8 ecological impact. The comparison of leafy, quiet, and (own-density suburbs with life in the concrete towers of sooty, congested urban conurbations is actually quite misleading; as it turns out, if you want to be kind to the natural environment, the key is to stay away from it. Suburbia fails the environmental friendliness test on a number of counts. First(y, due to their low population density, suburbs consume natural land at a much higher rate than high-density row housing or apartment buildings. Second(y, they encourage the use of personal motor vehicles, often at a rate of one per family member, at the expense of public transport. It is also much less efficient to provide electricity and water to individual suburban houses instead of individual units in an apartment building. In his comparison of urban and suburban pollution, Edward L Glaser concluded that we need to "build more sky towers—especially in California". Virtually everywhere, he found cities to be cleaner than suburbs. And the difference in carbon dioxide emissions between high density cities and their suburbs (for example, in New York) was the highest. Urban residents of New York can claim on average to produce nearly 15,000 pounds of carbon dioxide less than their suburban peers.
E.Another negative aspect of suburban Life is its stifling conformity and monotony of social experience. It was not just the nuts and bolts and the concrete foundations of suburban houses that got replicated street upon street, block upon block and suburb upon suburb; it was everything from the shops and cultural Life, to people’s hopes, dreams and aspirations. Suburbia gave birth to the "strip mall", a retail establishment that is typically composed of a collection of national or global chain stores, all stocked with a centrally-dictated, homogenous array of products. The isolation and lack of interaction in suburbs has also encouraged the popularity of television, a passively receptive medium for the viewer that, in the early days at least, offered an extremely limited scope of cultural exposure compared with the wealth of experiences available in the inner city. Meanwhile, much of the inner city "public sphere" has been lost with suburban flight. The public sphere is the area of social lire in which people come together to freely discuss and identify social problems. In the city, this has traditionally occurred around newsstands, in coffee houses, salons, theatres, meeting halls, and so on. Suburbia has not found a way to replace this special type of social experience, however. Social meeting points in the suburbs tend to be based exclusively around specific interests such as sports or cultural dubs, with no broad forms of daily social interaction.
F.These points do not suggest the idea of suburbia itself is flawed, but that it has not been executed in a way that takes into account the full spectrum of human needs and desires. This likely reflects the hasty, thrown-together nature of early suburban development. With the baby boom rippling across Western countries and demand for family friendly housing sky-rocketing, developers and city planners were unable to develop sophisticated models. Now, however, we should take time to consider what has gone wrong, and how we can reconfigure the suburb. How can we imbue suburban Life with the lost sphere of public discussion and debate? How can people maintain their sought-after privacy without sacrificing a sense of community? How can we use new technologies to make suburbs environmentally friendly? These are questions for which the developers of tomorrow will have to find answers, lest the dream of suburbia become the nightmare of disturbed.
Questions 27-31
Reading Passage 3 has six paragraphs, A-F.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A-F, in boxes 27-31 on >’our answer sheet.
A model for suburban development in the latter half of the 20th century
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B
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