The Death of the Fringe Suburb - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/opinion/the-death-of-the-fringe-suburb.html?_r=2&ref=opinion#h[FtlIit]
For too long, we over-invested in the wrong places. Those retail centers and subdivisions will never be worth what they cost to build. We have to stop throwing good money after bad. It is time to instead build what the market wants: mixed-income, walkable cities and suburbs that will support the knowledge economy, promote environmental sustainability and create jobs.