Thursday 13 September 2012

Suburban Retrofitting for Older Neighborhoods

By Lyndsey Kaplan


Everyone is defined by the place they grow up. Whether it's the city, a rural area, or the heart of suburbia different environments have a habit of structuring you as a person. I didn't notice this really growing up. It wasn't until college where I met people from all over did I truly realize that my suburban town was truly a bubble. Your town has a way of influencing your values, morals, even the way you think. What is most notable about suburban environments is that they rarely change. You can go years, decades even without any major changes coming to pass. Because of this, sometimes suburban retrofitting needs to take place.

Suburban retrofitting helps improve areas that haven't had many changes over the years. They are sometimes run down, outdated, or even just looking for new development. These projects can be simple or complicated depending on how much needs to be done on the existing town. In many cases large structures and buildings are torn down and rebuilt from the bottom up. Changes like these help develop a community for years to come.

People like living in towns that they can be proud of. This is why every once and a while it is necessary for improvements to be made on a community. That way people can truly call the place they live home. By keeping a town up to date, current residents want to stay and new people want to move in. This often seems impossible for older neighborhoods, but it is really not the case. Towns always find ways and means of improving their older neighborhood without getting rid of its original feel.

Suburban retrofitting often takes place in areas that attract a lot of tourists. It is not only residents that fund a town, but it is the people the visit as well. By having a developed and up to date community, towns can be assured that people will continue to come to their town to not only live, but to enjoy as well.

Communities change and evolve over time. They often see a shift from an older to a younger generation, businesses coming and going, and leadership changing hands. While these are typical of any neighborhood, they cause progression and necessary changes that allow for future growth.




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