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Why American suburbs look alike
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by sloane · 14 jul 2026
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Chapter 1
The blueprint of Levittown
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The post-WWII housing crisis
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Houses built on assembly lines
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The standard Cape Cod model
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The exclusion in the contracts
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Chapter 2
The invisible rules of zoning
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The birth of Euclidean zoning
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The single-family home mandate
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The mandatory front yard setback
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The separation of daily life
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Chapter 3
The anatomy of the cul-de-sac
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The Radburn experiment
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The Federal Housing Administration push
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The math of the loop
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The psychology of safety
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Chapter 4
The cost of suburban sprawl
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The infrastructure trap
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The loss of the third place
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The rise of New Urbanism
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Redesigning the cul-de-sac
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