Edge City Life on the New Frontier

First there was downtown. Then there were suburbs. Then there were malls. Then Americans launched the most sweeping change in 100 years in how they live, work, and play. The Edge City.

Joel Garreau, a Washington Post staff writer, is the author of the bestselling The Nine Nations of North America. He is also a principal in The Edge City Group, an organization dedicated to making better communities out of Edge Cities nationwide.

INTRODUCTION PIONEERS, FRONTIERS, AND THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

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1 THE SEARCH FOR THE FUTURE INSIDE OURSELVES Life on the New Frontier

1

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2 NEW JERSEY Tomorrowland

17

(52)

3 BOSTON Edge City Limits

69

(30)

4 DETROIT The Automobile, Individualism, and Time

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(40)

5 ATLANTA The Color of Money

139

(40)

6 PHOENIX Shadow Government

179

(30)

7 TEXAS Civilization

209

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8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Community

261

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9 THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Soul

303

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10 WASHINGTON The Land

343

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I Manassas: Long Ago and Far Away

347

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II Present at Creation

349

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III The Machine, the Garden, and Paradise

362

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IV Pilgrim's Progress: Boom

373

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V But What About the Land?

389

(13)

VI The Final Battle

402

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11 THE LIST Edge Cities, Coast to Coast

423

(18)

12 THE WORDS Glossary of a New Frontier

441

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13 THE LAWS How We Live

461

(12)

Acknowledgments

473

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