Britain’s new suburbs are peculiar places
They resemble neither American suburbs nor older British ones
THE SOUNDTRACK to life on the outskirts of Aylesbury, a town in south-east England, consists of drilling and the beeping of reversing lorries. Fences, scaffolding and piles of earth dot the landscape. Workers in hi-vis vests are turning farmers’ fields into suburban developments of a few hundred or a few thousand homes. New roads appear frequently, perplexing any satnav that has not been scrupulously kept up to date.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “On the frontier”
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