New 'urban' suburbs are better than old ones, except for these things

I live in a city that always seems to be building new suburbs, and I've noticed a change in the ways those communities are marketed. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, suburbs were often cast as places of refuge from the mean streets of the city, oases of green far from crowded and noisy downtowns. But today, the marketing of suburbs uses phrases that were once associated with cities, such as walkability, bikeabilty and urban vitality. So what gives? Are suburbs changing, or is the marketing of suburbs changing?

Strong Towns' argument about suburbs as 'growth Ponzi schemes': https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/5/14/americas-growth-ponzi-scheme-md2020

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0:00 Introduction
2:00 Exploring a 1960s suburb
3:40 Exploring a 2010s suburb
6:25 Exploring a 2020s suburb
8:52 Assessing if new 'burbs are better than older ones
10:19 The bigger picture
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