In 1970, nearly half of all Black individuals in the U.S. resided in a large city. Over the past 50 years, that number has fallen to merely 25%, while the share living in the suburbs of large cities ...

Examining the phenomenon of suburbanization in America, researchers the extent to which the construction of new highways contributed to population declines in cities. He estimates that each new ...

Following World War II, millions of Americans moved from cities to new suburban developments. Developers built single-family homes on land that had been open farmland. The Federal Housing ...