Justice
Why America's Religious Jews May Not Be Able to Move Back Downtown
Constructing the necessary "religious infrastructure" takes much more effort in existing dense neighborhoods.
The Atlantic Cities has obviously written a lot about the movement back to cities. It’s been happening throughout the United States, on both coasts, in the Rust Belt and elsewhere, where many young people (among other ages) are moving to dense communities and downtowns. This rejuvenation, it’s thought, is being driven by a desire for mixed-use, walkable neighborhoods.
But of course, this pattern is not universal. Many people still enjoy certain advantages of the suburbs. And in the case of at least one American community, the movement back to dense neighborhoods may be all but impossible.