What Is the Future of Suburbia?

Several months ago, we ran a quorum here about urbanization, pegged to the fact that more than half of the world's population now lives in cities. Given the economic changes of the past several months, particularly those in the housing market and in energy prices, it seemed like a good idea to run a new quorum on suburbia, even if it might cover some of the same ground. So we gathered up a group of smart people and asked them the following: "What will U.S. suburbs look like in 40 years?" NYT Freakonomics Blog