American Makeover Episode 1: SPRAWLANTA

American Makeover is a six-part web series on new urbanism, the antidote to sprawl. Subscribe to this channel, find us on facebook, and get more info at www.americanmakeover.tv.

Episode 1 was filmed on location in Atlanta, Georgia and Glenwood Park, a new urbanist influenced neighborhood near downtown Atlanta.

PRODUCTION CREDITS:
Directed/Shot/Edited: John Paget | PagetFilms.com
Animation/Graphics: Kerry Brogan
Producer: Chris Elisara
Creative: Drew Ward
Location Producer: Joanna Pritchard

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  Nonprofits & Activism

[tourdefrance]

YES IT IS AN END-ALLSOLUTION. The REASON the prices are high is because it's in HIGH demand. The quality of this city set-up is so great (in relation to crappy sprawl) that it drives prices UP. People WANT to live in such a place. Imagine if EVERYWHERE was like this. The price would not be as high, because it would be everywhere, and it would just be a normal way of living. The difference in demand in relation to the availability wouldn't be so great, so the price would normalize.

[Cyrus992]

For New Urbanism to WORK and have HIGH satisfaction from everyone they have to:

- Make it Free Market Influenced Design

-Use Private Services including Private Rail

-Make Sure Everyone can still have an AFFORDABLE Detached Home

-STOP THE MYTHS that is excessive government control! NOT TRUE!! Current polices are with INSANE codes and laws that FORCED us to have junk strip malls, cul-de-sac's, isolated subdivisions, collector roads, setback requirements, use segregation, and all other crap!!

[Cyrus992]

Believe me I do not believe in New Urbanism and Smart Growth, but still we could use more mixed-use, transit, and walkable development for some..

The bottom line is that the coded car-dependent suburban sprawl system is also filled with drawbacks, corruption, and restrictions. Everyone needs to know that!

[UrbanSaving]

Yes! I hope your type of thinking prevails over the totalitarian "smart growth" crowd.

[Dan Laabs]

So basically what I am getting from this is that New Urbanism is a condo project on steriods. Lets contain people based on social economics in a 5 square block area. So they can sit at their coffee shops and complain how suburbanites are afraid of diversity. What a joke. If you really want to attract people to the city again, take care of the problems in the city. Namely crap schools, high taxes, high crime, and no space.

[Bouchon211]

Where are the other parts to this series? Good stuff.

[fourzerozerozero]

Palo Alto, California is kind of like this.

[SonicGeneration]

Atlanta has an urban area much larger then London in area yet has only 5 million people in it compared to 11 million for London.. sprawl is such a terrible thing

[ksionc100]

Let's not forget that these lovely designer buildings arranged in picturesque streets is not what New Urbanism in poorer neighbourhoods would look like if it was enforced by law.

LoL at the conection betwen urban spawl and health. Actually you breathe in more air pollution when you live in area with more traffic. Also the higher level of noise pollution is proven to cause heart diseases.

[1charlastar]

GOOD PRODUCTION. There is good question about social justice and poverty in future cities. As OBJECTIONABLE as some parts of Rev. Manning's talk may be to you, just listen to what he says about blacks and Native Americans and plug it into the new sustainable city model. Slums WILL NOT be allowed because they are not sustainable any more than infinite urban sprawl. Youtube: "Like the Native Americans, Like the African Americans: Going Into Extinction"