Comments on: Book Review: Rybczynski’s Last Harvest http://goodspeedupdate.com/2009/2443 Rob Goodspeed's blog Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chester County’s new cash crop. « The Hieroglyphic Streets http://goodspeedupdate.com/2009/2443/comment-page-1#comment-588428 Chester County’s new cash crop. « The Hieroglyphic Streets Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:22:13 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=2443#comment-588428 [...] the way they do. Crain interviewed Rynczynski as well. Rob Goodspeed sees omissions, but calls it complex, compelling and accessible. Patrick D. Hazard (Broad Street Review) appreciated the explanation of the tasks of preparing land [...] [...] the way they do. Crain interviewed Rynczynski as well. Rob Goodspeed sees omissions, but calls it complex, compelling and accessible. Patrick D. Hazard (Broad Street Review) appreciated the explanation of the tasks of preparing land [...]

]]> By: Daniel Nairn http://goodspeedupdate.com/2009/2443/comment-page-1#comment-408740 Daniel Nairn Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:36:29 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=2443#comment-408740 Great review all around. I especially like the comparison between U.S., Australia, and Britain - as a way to control for the historic thread of culture. My only quibble is that (unfortunately) there may not be much selection bias going on. For the period he studied, the location of New Daleville is right where I would expect Philadelphia's exurban frontier to be. I've been through the area around Kennett Square a number of times, and it's been "built-out" with very low-density residential for about a decade or so. New Daleville would seem to be the location of the next wave. Of course, as you and Steve, both mention that's all blown out of the water now wit the housing crisis. Maybe <i>Last Harvest</i> will prove to be even more true to its title than Rybczynki intended. The final gasp of exurban expansion. Great review all around. I especially like the comparison between U.S., Australia, and Britain – as a way to control for the historic thread of culture.

My only quibble is that (unfortunately) there may not be much selection bias going on. For the period he studied, the location of New Daleville is right where I would expect Philadelphia’s exurban frontier to be. I’ve been through the area around Kennett Square a number of times, and it’s been “built-out” with very low-density residential for about a decade or so. New Daleville would seem to be the location of the next wave.

Of course, as you and Steve, both mention that’s all blown out of the water now wit the housing crisis. Maybe Last Harvest will prove to be even more true to its title than Rybczynki intended. The final gasp of exurban expansion.

]]> By: Steve Davis http://goodspeedupdate.com/2009/2443/comment-page-1#comment-406761 Steve Davis Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:44:15 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=2443#comment-406761 Hear hear, Rob. A book like that is looking really out of date with all that has happened in the housing market since he started writing it. And having just read Leinberger's book, it sounds like it's a backwards-looking head-in-the-mud look at a trend that will all but stop pretty soon. And why in the world he thinks he needs to go into the hinterlands to prove his point is beyond me. And his false dichotomy of "the center city" vs. the "way out there" is laughable. Most of the growth will be metropolitan, whether core city or inner/outer suburbs. Plain and simple. Hear hear, Rob. A book like that is looking really out of date with all that has happened in the housing market since he started writing it. And having just read Leinberger’s book, it sounds like it’s a backwards-looking head-in-the-mud look at a trend that will all but stop pretty soon. And why in the world he thinks he needs to go into the hinterlands to prove his point is beyond me. And his false dichotomy of “the center city” vs. the “way out there” is laughable. Most of the growth will be metropolitan, whether core city or inner/outer suburbs. Plain and simple.

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