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Suburbs Import Policies That Ruined American Cities And Expect Different Results

Why should America’s most successful suburbs take their cues from cities struggling to preserve the very qualities suburban families value?

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Across America, families have spent decades moving to the suburbs in search of what many cities increasingly struggle to provide: low-crime neighborhoods, homeownership, clean streets, and room to raise a family. Now some of the country’s most successful suburbs are being encouraged to remake themselves in the image of the city’s families left behind.

The movement often comes under the appealing label of “Missing Middle Housing.” Advocates want communities built around single-family homes to make room for duplexes, triplexes, townhomes, apartments, and other higher-density development. The argument is usually framed around affordability and housing choice. But changing the physical makeup of a community also changes its infrastructure demands, municipal finances, neighborhood character, and public-safety needs.

Carmel, Indiana, offers a timely case study. Carmel became one of America’s most desirable suburbs by offering precisely what many families seek: an exclusive, low-crime suburb where tax dollars are directly reinvested into the hard-working families who earned their place there. 

Yet after a recent carjacking, Mayor Sue Finkam blamed neighboring Indianapolis for exporting crime while advancing a “Missing Middle Housing” plan intended to introduce more housing density. That contradiction deserves attention.

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