Once the American Dream: Inner-Ring Suburbs of the Metropolitan United States

At one time, a move to the suburbs was the American Dream for many families. However, despite the success of Levittown, NY,impoverished "inner-ring" suburbs-those closest to the urban core of metropolitan cities-like Lansdowne, MD, are in decline. As aging housing stock, foreclosures, severe fiscal problems, slow population growth, increasing poverty, and struggling local economies affect inner-ring suburbs, what can be done to save them?

Once the American Dream analyzes this downward tren...