Communities Have a Timeline
Suburbia is constantly growing as younger adults want to move out of the city to start families. People find suburbia as middle ground between urban cities and rural towns, a place to have a community along with space and privacy. How long can these close-knit communities stay together? Having a close-knit neighborhood has a timeline, it's almost generational, as those close-knit neighbors grow older, those families later move out, as they are then replaced with a new, younger family. Depending on their willingness to socialize, that close-knit aspect begins to dwindle, and can be difficult to bring that type of atmosphere back. As architects, how can we design spaces that keep the communal atmosphere over longer periods of time? How can design adapt to families' needs over time, as they grow and shrink?
As cost of live begin to rise living in a big city can be challenging and stressful. Most families view the suburbia life as a way to live comfortably by forming their own communities outside the city. Cities are nice, which can also create great opportunities, but it can also be stressful and busy for a large family. With the shift in social class, I'm curious to see how suburbia and the city life will change over the years.
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