Journal – Suburban Lifestyle

This assignment provides you an opportunity to explore the components of re-developing suburban life known as ‘retrofitting’ and evaluate how social environments frame human interaction.

1. Watch the video, Retrofitting the Suburbs- https://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_dunham_jones_retrofitting_suburbia??utm_medium=social&source=email&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=ios-share  [Duration 19:23].  As you watch the video, make note of concepts such as:

   ‘retrofitting’
   suburbanites lifestyles
   rising gas prices
   cost of housing and transportation
   ‘commercial strips’
   how demographics have changed in the last 30 years for the suburbs
   underused parking lots
   third places
   redevelopment
   You will now have knowledge of what it means to retrofit the suburbs.

2. Now that you have viewed the video lecture, “Retrofitting the Suburbs,” write a journal entry in which you discuss at least four of the terms listed in the video assignment. I would like for you to include in your journal your own observations and experiences of either living in or going to the suburbs. How is life different in the suburbs than inside a major city like Washington, D.C.?