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Road Trip Through Montgomery: The Collapse of Consumerism and Suburbia

Feb 5th, 2009 | By James Howard Kunstler | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
"We will not apologize for our way of life...." This unfortunate phrase from President Obama's otherwise sturdy inaugural address, echoed through my mind last week as I cruised the suburban outlands of Montgomery, Alabama. All the usual commercial furnishings of consumerist America hugged the flattish ochre and dusty-green landscape of played-out ...read more