Many people are moving their families to the "New suburbs", now coined as the Sprinkler City. These are fast growing suburbs where the homes are middle class "mini McMansions Gable-gable" new style and affordable, pristine landscaping , streets are huge and newly paved, golf courses abound, schools with playgrounds are glistening with spanking new equipment, and of course, shopping malls and new restaurants. The article, "Patio Man and The Sprawl People, by David Brooks, tells how people are moving from their older suburban neighborhoods to head West in search of a dirt free and toxin free environment where crowding and inconvenience of their former communities is left behind.
But as they seek the "good life", there are many more people that will follow, and where people thought they found nirvana they will eventually be looking again. Brooks states, "the moment they move in, they begin soiling their own nest...bringing crowding with them. They move to get away from stratification, snobbery, and inequality, but as the new towns grow they get more stratified". And the migration continues, only being satisfied for the moment until a new community may and can satisfy them again. So, the suburban sprawl continues feeding on the sheer momentum of suburban sprawl. This phenomenon is clearly displayed by the sheer geographic component; growth continues further and further from established urban centers despite any rational defense against such irrational growth.
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