[samlevine]

> I realized the truth of the Appleton model. Thirty years from now all the new homes she’s selling will slip into the “old” category and will gradually fester as taxes rise and the middle class migrates to new greenfield developments.

This is possible, but a lot of suburbs are old and quite successful.

Bellevue and Redmond come to mind just from where I live but there are lots of places in America where the periphery is long lived and maintained.

[bkberry352]

Just speculating here, but is there a possibility that Bellevue & Redmond's success is due in part to Microsoft HQ being located there? I imagine that without that, those suburbs would look quite different...

[alisonkisk]

Yes, they are company towns.