His own staffers told me they cannot afford to live in the places they design. It is an issue that Duany says he still struggles with. The absolute price level, however, is set by scarcity. Before leaving the cinema, Duany and I eavesdrop on teenagers hanging out in a nook of the lobby. Which is interesting, because nearly everything he does already seems directed at them.
Conventional suburbia is almost custom-made to frustrate young people.
A generation will pass before we know whether New Urbanism really does make a lasting difference in how people live and interact.