September 16th, 2011
By Seth Forman The American Dream of the past eighty years has been defined as single-family home ownership. Suburbs and single-family home ownership appear to fulfill very powerful aspirations for large numbers of people. “The suburban dream house is the idealization of every immigrant’s Dream — the vassal’s dream of his own castle,” wrote Italian-born […]
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Tags: city, foreclosure, housing, mortgage, ownership, suburban, suburbs
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April 21st, 2011
By Seth Forman What the 2010 census tells us about America, New York, and Long Island. I recently prepared a report for the Long Island Regional Planning Council that summarized the first data to be released for the 2010 Census. Basically the report found: 1. Populations in the south and southwestern states are growing faster […]
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Tags: 2010, America, analysis, census, Long Island, New York, suburban, urban
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