Postwar Suburbia Facts

Brain Snacks

By 1950, the same assembly-line methods that had turned out an airplane every five minutes during W...

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Key Quotes

"[The Interstate System] will never be finished because America will never be finished."
– Francis C. Turner, Federal Highway Administrator, 1969³⁵<...

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Statistics

Total American population increase during the 1950s: 20%⁵

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Acronyms

NAREB: National Association of Real Estate Boards
NSC-68: National Security Council Document 68
GI: Government Issue
HOLC: Homeowners' Loan Corporation
FH...

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Glossary

The repossession of a home by the bank, caused by the homeowner's failure to make his or her mortgage payments.

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