The Suburbs (Animation) by Digimon
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The Suburbs
The growth of suburbs was facilitated by the development of zoning laws, redlining and various innovations in transport. After World War II availability of FHA loans stimulated a housing boom in American suburbs. In the older cities of the northeast U.S., streetcar suburbs originally developed along train or trolley lines that could shuttle workers into and out of city centers where the jobs were located. This practice gave rise to the term bedroom community or dormitory, meaning that most daytime business activity took place in the city, with the working population leaving the city at night for the purpose of going home to sleep.
*Note* General Motors bought all the street cars and scrapped them. Then the metro bus lines (With GM buses) took their place. See "Who Killed the Electric Car"
The growth in the use of trains, and later automobiles and highways, increased the ease with which workers could have a job in the city while commuting in from the suburbs. In the United Kingdom, railways stimulated the first mass exodus to the suburbs. The Metropolitan Railway, for example, was active in building and promoting its own housing estates in the north-west of London, consisting mostly of detached houses on large plots, which it then marketed as "Metro-land". As car ownership rose and wider roads were built, the commuting trend accelerated as in North America. This trend towards living away from towns and cities has been termed the urban exodus.
Waltopia
Walt Disney developed a community stemmed from his Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EPCOT) concept. In the early 1990s, the Disney Development Company established the Celebration Company to spearhead its development within approximately 4,900 acres (20 km²) of land in the southern portion of the Reedy Creek Improvement District. Total investment for the project is estimated at US$2.5 billion.
The master plan was developed by Cooper, Robertson & Partners and Robert A. M. Stern. Celebration utilizes new urbanism techniques as expounded in the EPCOT concept. Other facets shared by EPCOT and Celebration include plans for a community of 20,000 with state-of-the-art technologies. Unlike EPCOT, Celebration is planned in an early 20th century-architectural style and is not zoned for high-density residences.
The reference to "Arbeit macht frei", is not meant to offend victims of the Holocaust, but rather to remind us all of the darker side of social engineering. What may sound like a great idea at first, may actually lead us to our doom.
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Comments (44)
photostar
Another great animation of "Bob, says.." I love it. Yep, you have it correct, here in the East after the Second World War, the emergence of 'Levittowns' became the model for the 'burbs. Soon, the entire East Coast will be one giant megalopolis from Boston to Washington, DC., all connected by suburbs.
zoren
The new Ozzie and Harriet sparkle, Disney style. I suppose somebody had to 'look out' for the masses,'for they no not what they want or need'... and not to worry, Mickey is at the helm! We will follow in his animation and bring forth cuteness and obedience. Click your heels, believe and work for the master plan.
efferre
Nice work with sociological background!
Vanadis11
Great sociocritical artwork! Awesome!
lordgoron
Very interesting and different render
tcombs
Great insight and very informative. I had forgotten most of this I learned in school Great job.
robotalk
Thank Bob for you !! wonderful animation...the church of sub genius would do well to take (buy) your art, and take down most of their stuff--what a great glowing job you do..and marvelous thought provoking text too.
moonrancher
Good commentary! I worked so hard I got all worn out even. So why do I not feel so free!
TwoPynts
Thank you Bob, for you shining countenance and good work ethic. Great animation and comments there Eric!
Svarg
Excellent poster. Really captures the moment. Social engineering by large corporations was rather blatant wasn't it. Well I guess it worked, and still does - just a little more behind the scenes. I have a friend who wants to write a book describing what he considers our current state of enslavement to the corporate rulers of the country.
skiwillgee
Great animation, greater history lesson.
Rodma_Hu
Another BOB mystery. His will be done.
Richardphotos
actually a social commentary with merit and direction.your illustration is memorizing
AnnieD
Very interesting piece of history..and still a fave animation! :D
SSoffia
AGAIN A FANTASTIC ANIMATION DEAR ERIC !!!!!!
ThomasMacCallum
Eric your a genius
chimera46
In zoning laws got us into this mess, than dammit zoning laws can get us out! Seriously though, that was a great film (who killed the electric car), and as someone who grew up and still lives in a suburb, I look around and ask, "what the hell can we do now?" How do you turn back the clock and/or "re-build" the suburb in a more sustainable fashion?
magnus073
This is done in a wonderfully detailed manner and makes a point that is oh so valid. Brilliant work and well done on revealing so much of what I had no idea had gone on.
matrix03
interesting piece of social commentary.
NekhbetSun
Bob loves you Eric and I love this ! :o) ....and I was going to bring up the "arbeit macht frei" thing, but saw you done did it :o)...and I'm sure no one was offended or upset....excellent image here! ~ Hugs ~
jif3d
Ticky tacky little boxes, send in the clones ! Mr George Orwell had it soooo right all those years ago, scary uh ? Good night Bing and ~Cheers~
jocko500
you right on cool words and image too
Lunastar
You social commentary is always dead on. Great work my friend.
2Loose2Trek
These days, I'm afraid, in America the national motto is WAR IS PEACE; FREEDOM IS SLAVERY; IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. But to put a pretty face on the current state of affairs, the suburbs and all the concept entails will come crashing down with the full realization of "peak oil." When cheap energy evaporates, the world will suddenly be a much larger place. And the suburbs will be a distant nightmare. BTW, this site deals with the subject ('course it sounds like you're familiar with it already): http://www.kunstler.com/ Well done Eric.
drifterlee
I hate the suburbs. Where I live used to be country where I could ride my horse and there were farms. Now all the people moved here and built it up and hate the animals because they smell.
lemonjim
touching delicate ground with scalpel precision, that's my DigiMon. Awesome animation for 500K!
evinrude
Oh no. Bob again. TAKE BACK THE SLACK THEY STOLE FROM US!!! (The suburbs have always been a component of "the Conssssspiracy.")
caviedes
Nice!!
linkdink
Wonderfully conceived, love the depth-fading little suburb. I believe that Celebration town is where "The Truman Show" was filmed...
Forevernyt
Very freaky and thanks for the information!