"Even as many urban areas have experienced a marked resurgence, America's farthest-flung suburbs have been facing deep and substantial challenges, as their rates of growth have slowed and their crime and poverty rates have risen. " This article mainly focuses on suburban views of society. Exclusively, on substantial challenges, crime, poverty, and the economy.

"In studies of many different types of human communities, anthropologists have shown that, as groups get larger and more complex, their wealth tends to get distributed more and more unequally." This article describes how societies have grown economically grown over time and how they are affected.