Can We Afford New Urbanism?

"Have you heard of a little town called Seaside? It’s a little coastal village in Florida that began as an architect’s dream in 1981 -- a small town that remembered the old days, when everyone knew your name and all the necessities and pleasures of life existed just down the street....

The American people have embraced New Urbanism as a healthy alternative to suburban sprawl, according to Phyllis Bleiweis, executive director at the Seaside Institute, a non-profit organization promoting community development in urban areas through design and the arts. “Over four hundred developments exist across the country and all are doing very well,” she said.

How New Urbanism has embraced the American people, however, depends on who you ask. Affordability has complicated the New Urbanist theory..."