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The Freedoms of Suburbia ReviewI'm hard at work studying traffic congestion for a book I'm writing, and that has led me into the field of urban and transportation planning in the US and Europe. An early review led me to buy Paul Barker's new book, The Freedoms of Suburbia, an excellent and delightful view of urban and suburban life in the UK from about 1850 to the present. The quality of writing is sufficiently good that I found it hard to remember my original objections to his arguments and positions. There's grace, humor, eloquence and a wonderful tolerance and sensitivity to the concept of "quality of life" and what it means and offers to various social and economic groups. Along with the great prose are dozens of gorgeous and quite moving photographs illuminating his writing. Barker's sympathies lie with the middle class who settle in the semi-detached houses with gardens that are so central to the English middle-class sensibility, while he gently chides the architects who build elegant urban housing projects that look great from the air but are just about unlivable when you get into them on the ground. An excellent and beautifully produced book that transcends its dreary topic.The Freedoms of Suburbia Overview"Suburban" is regularly used as a dismissive rather than a descriptive term, especially by architects and planners. And yet, judging by the sheer number of people who move there, suburbia must be doing something right. It is best to understand, Paul Barker writes, before rushing to condemn. Suburbs are an essential part of every city; quite often, the most vigorous and innovative part. Here, Barker leads an entertaining journey through Britain's 'burbs: a white witch living in a Croydon semi-detached; a high-rise block being razed; the hidden charms of the modern planned community of Milton Keynes; seaside bungalows and strip malls on the edge of town. With a keen eye for detail, Barker paints a humane yet provocative portrait of 21st-century living. And he throws down a gauntlet to anyone thinking about the future of cities, towns, and countryside, arguing persuasively that what is needed is less planning, not more.

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