4 sett 1964 anni - Levittown
Descrizione:
Known as the "affordable dream" William Levitt turned a former potato field in Long Island, New York into a 17,000 home subdivision
-suburbs created a dependence on the
automobile
-changed patterns of behavior
-by 1960 as many people lived in
suburbs as cities
-critics of suburbia argue it was
fragmented and isolated
-culture of conformity
This was a common goal for white people as to where they wanted to live and blacks were not allowed into these areas either. When picking hoe each wanted to live, they would get to chose a display out of 5 which meant that lots of the houses looked the same but each was around the price range of $8,500.
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