The problem of place in America: I

The first chapter of 1st Part is The Problem of place in America. Ray, speaks about the problem of place in America, saying that it is not resolved and life has become more complicated specially after World war I. Birth to the automobile suburbs abolished the concept of community, Oldenburg calls them the 'scattered componenets of social existance'. Martin expresses that after 1980 the mobile suburban towns are the became unuseful to the society system, this actually made the towns dependent on the cities later becoming independent. Further, creating their own hub grew a socio- economic development in the suburban towns, making them less independent on the cites. Similar pattern started to reflect in various growing cities around the globe. This gave birth and boost to the macro economics concept, and brought in a revolutionary change in the world on the Urban development.

The Chapter, The Problem of place in America is explaination of series of problems American society faced after World War II urbanisation. Oldenburg agrees to Lerner's suggestion on Constructing a town for citizens to show the strenght and growth of the community. Further confirming that current issue of fragmentation and isolation would have solved. Countering to mention about the Lerner's suggestion in the book, an article mentions that the communities fragmentated but further creating their own nouvel identity in the towns.

The growth of the automobile suburbs formed dwellings however detached the communities. As Oldenburg mentions them the ' Scattered components of Social Existance', life becomes monotonous not connecting to the places, and places too lose ther identity. However, the mobile suburban towns became an influnce for various developments around the globe.