There is a term my father in law used the other day after a day trip in a NJ city. The term was urban appreciation. Now what NJ City do you think we toured? Jersey City, Hoboken, Newark. No, it was Paterson.

The name “suburbs” needs a revision. The towns surrounding urban cores with trains and buses direct to city centers and a walkable and active downtown are not suburbs. So what are they then? Let me throw out another name…what about MIDBURBS? A middle ground where there is an urban feel and not in a car driven suburban town.

Has the future city already been designed by Hollywood?