The miserable reason behind millennials’ slow march to the suburbs

More and more young people are leaving expensive cities to settle in areas suffering from suburban blight — a sign that the kids could be all right.

The Guardian
Aug 26, 2017 · 4 min read
An aerial view of a suburban housing development in Rego Park, Queens, New York, circa 1935 — Photo by L. M. Kendall/Frederic Lewis/Archive Photos/Getty Images

By Jamie Peck

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