We all know how much liberals despise the suburbs, for a variety of reasons—the latest voiced by the Georgia Council on Aging, which notes “significant suburban cul-de-sac development has created isolated and segregated communities that offer limited transportation alternatives to the car.”
So why is the Georgia Council on Aging weighing in on the suburbs? Because the suburban population is aging:
Suburbanites rely on their cars to get everywhere, whether it’s picking up groceries, dropping off dry cleaning or meeting friends for dinner.
But as people grow old, they no longer may be comfortable – or able – to drive. That may mean relying on public transit, which often is scarce in suburbia. And that’s expected to have a major impact on local and state government, which will face increasing pressure to provide transportation.
Interesting that the article—passed along by our friends at my hometown News & Observer— says state and local governments will “face increasing pressure to provide transportation.” Doesn’t seem like these days state and local governments are facing pressure to provide transportation—look at the Triangle for example—they’re more than willing to provide public transportation—at considerable cost to the taxpayer, that is.
How about this— as a free people we live where we want to live and we adjust accordingly as we age without the government wringing its hands over how we’re going to get where we gotta get.
