These assets can attract people fed up with the stress and expense of long hours behind the wheel. Low-density suburbs have been so successful in recent decades it might seem they'll flourish forever. But they have a relatively short history, and they depend on a development pattern that is becoming unsustainable. Traditional towns, on the other hand, have a 5,000-year track record of usefulness. You can't save the land without finding somewhere for people to live.
Towns are the place.
A Plan for Pennsylvania.