#suburbia — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #suburbia, aggregated by home.social.
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"Little Boxes" is a song written and composed by #MalvinaReynolds in 1962. The song was first released by her friend, #PeteSeeger, in 1963, and became his only charting single in January 1964. The song is a #socialSatire about the development of #suburbia and associated #conformist #middleclass attitudes. It mocks suburban #tractHousing as "little boxes" of different colors "all made out of ticky-tacky" and which "all look just the same".
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Hype for the Future 145L: Broomfield, Colorado
Overview The consolidated City and County of Broomfield is a community located within the Greater Denver area in the State of Colorado along with nearby Adams and Arapahoe Counties in the area. Today, the Broomfield community is firmly suburban with respect to Denver and home to the Broomfield Depot Museum and the Broomfield Veterans Museum.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/hype-for-the-future-145l-broomfield-colorado/
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How the house and car nexus is destroying biodiversity
"Australian houses are among the largest in the world, averaging 236 square metres of living space"
"Local urban greening outcomes are subjugated to state government housing priorities."
"Driveway area has increased on average by 57% from 29m2 to 46m2."
"Front garden area has reduced on average by 46% from 102m2 to 55m2."
"Redevelopment has reduced canopy cover by 62% at the lot scale."
"Middle-ring suburban Sydney is experiencing a quiet yet profound transformation. As redevelopment accelerates, larger houses with expansive footprints and additional driveways are steadily replacing traditional front yards and gardens. This study examines 370 properties across Northern and Greater Western Sydney to quantify these changes. In areas where older, low-density homes have been replaced by newer, larger detached dwellings, the average front garden area has declined by 46%, while driveways and other impervious surfaces have increased by 57%. Most notably, front yard canopy cover has fallen by 62%. These patterns are not due to a lack of policy, but to a planning system in which local controls have become discretionary under ongoing state-level legislative reforms. Broader social trends toward larger homes and greater car ownership further reinforce this shift. The cumulative effect is leading to a substantial loss of private green space, contributing to higher urban heat, reduced biodiversity, and diminished connections with nature. Urban planning reform is urgently needed to embed minimum standards..."
Death of the front yards: How the house and car is replacing residential gardens >>
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275126001617#cars #roads #housing #driveways #sprawl #expansion #MumAndDadDeveloper #UHI #UrbanHeat #gardens #backyard #GreenSpace #UrbanGreening #wildlife #biodiversity #trees #children #SmallLandclearing #UrbanPlanning #FossilFuel #dependency #failure #regulation #suburbia #Australia #culture
Image: Housing cars
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Hype for the Future 125F: Extensions of Middletown, Ohio
Introduction According to the United States Postal Service, the City of Middletown is defined by ZIP codes 45042, 45044, and 45005 (Franklin). The northern side of the city is associated with ZIP code 45042, and the southern side is primarily with ZIP code 45044. Interestingly, the ZIP code boundaries for 45044 also contain much of Liberty Township further south within Butler County, at least within the areas generally east of Mauds Hughes Road, according to the official ZCTA […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/hype-for-the-future-125f-extensions-of-middletown-ohio/
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Hype for the Future 125F: Extensions of Middletown, Ohio
Introduction According to the United States Postal Service, the City of Middletown is defined by ZIP codes 45042, 45044, and 45005 (Franklin). The northern side of the city is associated with ZIP code 45042, and the southern side is primarily with ZIP code 45044. Interestingly, the ZIP code boundaries for 45044 also contain much of Liberty Township further south within Butler County, at least within the areas generally east of Mauds Hughes Road, according to the official ZCTA […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/hype-for-the-future-125f-extensions-of-middletown-ohio/
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#OmahaSprawl project. May 2022. More in this project: https://sbiessel.com/omaha-sprawl/
#Omaha #UrbanSprawl #LandUse #NewTopographics #NewTopographicMovement #Photography #Suburbia