It is the Responsible Villagers vs the Little Kings - and the
battleground is suburbia...

Though this editorial is from Canada, I think it highlights what is
happening in the US also. The whole letter is below, but here are the
parts that really jump out as being Schizomania/Penturbia related...

1) Move over, cigarettes and fast food, "suburban sprawl" is quickly
becoming society's public enemy No. 1 -- taking the blame for
everything from air pollution to obesity and social disorder.

2) ...South of the border, the Sierra Club refers to the phenomenon
as the "dark side" of the American dream.

3) Recent Statistics Canada figures show that immigrants to Canada
increasingly are flocking to the suburbs of our major urban regions,
including Metro Vancouver...Not only are the suburbs increasingly
multicultural, the StatsCan figures show they are also younger. They
have more children.

Quote 1 above reflects a point Lessinger makes in his book that the
rising new american dream (the Responsible Villager) uses any and all
tools and tactics available to defeat to dying old dream (the Little
King)

Quote 2 above makes me wonder if somebody from the Sierra Club has
been reading Schizomania!

Quote 3 above contains an amazing piece of information that the
author does not realize. The people "flocking" to the suburbs are
newcomers to the culture (either by being immigrants or young adults)
who are still dazzled by and yearning for the old Little King dream.
They have not yet absorbed the growing cultural message of "suburbia
not good". Lessinger and others have predicted a shift in the make up
of the suburban population to being less affluent, more
multicultural, more immigrant, and younger.

Looks like Vancouver is coasting into the period of schizomania right
on schedule...

Full article below:
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British Columbians are voting with their feet and heading to the burbs
Derek Moscato, The Province
Published: Sunday, February 24, 2008
Link to article: http://tinyurl.com/2ndx5s

Move over, cigarettes and fast food, "suburban sprawl" is quickly
becoming society's public enemy No. 1 -- taking the blame for
everything from air pollution to obesity and social disorder.

According to a 2004 report from the advocacy group Smart Growth
B.C., "there is an emerging consensus that sprawl is damaging the
environment and eroding the quality of life in B.C." South of the
border, the Sierra Club refers to the phenomenon as the "dark side"
of the American dream.

If car-dependent subdivision dwellers are feeling under siege, they
should prepare for more than just the disdain of special-interest
groups. Soaring oil prices are pinching their middle-class wallets
like never before.

Then, there was last Tuesday's introduction of a carbon tax, which
has been applauded in environmental circles for taking direct aim at
auto emissions.

The reasoning seems to be that this will ultimately lure folks out of
their cars -- and onto cleaner forms of transport, like buses and
bikes.

Metro Vancouver's suburbanites should be taking notice. Faced with
sketchy public transit, they're the ones most likely to drive carbon-
belching minivans and station wagons -- as they commute from far-
flung neighbourhoods or shuttle their kids around to hockey games and
ballet classes.

And like it or not, they'll have no choice but to pay up.

It's a scenario that has some pundits gloating from their moral high
grounds, including noted "new urbanist" James Howard Kunstler, who
visited Vancouver recently to deliver his grim vision for suburbs in
the Lower Mainland and beyond.

In his book, The Long Emergency, Kunstler writes that "suburbia will
come to be regarded as the greatest misallocation of resources in the
history of the world. It has a tragic destiny." But even though the
chattering classes have designated SUV-driving suburbanites as the
doomed villains of modern cities, the numbers tell a different story.

Recent Statistics Canada figures show that immigrants to Canada
increasingly are flocking to the suburbs of our major urban regions,
including Metro Vancouver.

The dark side of the suburban dream, at least for newcomers, has been
overlooked in the pursuit of affordable housing, spacious backyards
and, yes, the white picket fence.

Not only are the suburbs increasingly multicultural, the StatsCan
figures show they are also younger. They have more children.

According to B.C. census numbers, meanwhile, the biggest growth in
our region is in places like Surrey, Mission, Chilliwack and
Abbotsford, where single-family homes still rule.

In the City of Vancouver, where condo towers continue to sprout, the
population growth rate lags behind Metro Vancouver as a whole.

British Columbians are voting with their feet. And they're opting for
suburbia.

Folks like Kunstler can rage against the suburbs all they want -- but
wishing them away won't make it so.