Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Reasons for the
growth of
suburbian 1950
- Affordable housing
- The building of reasonably
priced houses became a
priority
- Land was cheaper on the edges of
cities
- Living the American Dream
- The dream of many
young couples was to
own their own home
- Also wanted to bring their
children up away from the
pressures of city life
- Increasing car
ownership
- Most families had at last one car
- No longer had to live
close to their place of
work
- Increasing Affluence
- Economic growth led to people
having more money to spend
- Made more money to spend
- Could afford the new
appliances such as
television and record
players
- Baby boom
- 1945-60 the population increased y 40 million
- Demand for new homes
- Other Americans
- by 1959 29% (50 million) lived below
the poverty line
- Hispanic worked in the
west
- Black people in the city
ghettos in the north