num_pages: 207
description: An incisive look at the consequences of today's costly and damaging suburban lifestyle In The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome , Bloomberg News' John Wasik exposes the economic, cultural, environmental, and health problems underlying life in suburbia. Wasik provides powerful insights into how the U.S. suburban lifestyle has become unsustainable and what can be done to salvage it. His observations are firmly grounded in exclusive on-the-ground research, interviews with thought leaders, and the latest studies and statistics. The bookThe American Dream of moving further from a city to buy a bigger house and find better schools has become a costly nightmare. The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome examines why and what can be done.
language: English
title: The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream
publisher: Bloomberg Press