The Trump Effect on the Suburb

9/11 and 11/9 will come down as two of the most memorable days in America. Whether the latter is for better or worse, I uphold all opinions on the recent presidential election.

However, there is no denying that immigration patterns into the USA will be shaken up for at least the next several years. Just watch CNN live to see endless riots from New York to Tempe, Arizona, to even possible ones in State College (which are being discouraged by President Barron).

In the 1970s, America's suburbs' growth was roadblocked by a lack of inhabitants willing and able to afford their own home and that all-necessary automobile. Many immigrants poured into the country seeking refuge and basic working class jobs. While it was sad that this caused much of the political divide in our nation, such a reality nevertheless exists today.

However, Asians were the ones who made the suburbs tick after the late 1980s, due to heightened education standards in their respective home countries. Many grads fresh out of college were set to make their mark in the world; the USA presented opportunity to most, and many flooded the outskirts of New York, San Francisco, and basically any city in between!

I am willing to bet that at least a good portion of those reading live in that Toll Brothers or Pulte house framed-home neighborhood, like the one shown below:

Yes, that "Awkward-Asian" (I hope I am not one of them) is a key reason why your home is basking with unused bedrooms and tree-less fields.

But millennials beware: buying that "new house" after you get your first job and start a family could be made nearly impossible under a Trump presidency!

While many of Trump's supporters don't share the over-bloated racism associated with the business tycoon himself, there is no denying that an isolationist country will keep my Indian cousins from moving to that McMansion only a couple hours' car ride from me.

The immigrant generation was what was supporting Suburbia's recent growth. Chances are good that your friend whose family moved from the Middle-East or Asia would be living in such newly-constructed arrays of cookie cutter houses. Simple economics would dictate that a decrease in middle class immigration (and thus a decrease in the demand of additional single-family houses) would decrease the price of that mega 4-bedroom house, but builders won't see added benefit in building a ghost town a vacation's drive from the nearest Wal-Mart.

Meanwhile, despite many tweets to relocate to Canada, a majority of Americans, even newly-immigrated, will still remain living in their existing communities. Just expect the USA to become a lot more like Europe, with its abounding pre-industiral homes, especially when viewed on that all-exciting plane ride across the Atlantic.

So where could the shiny, new suburbs move? They will explode north in Maple-Leaf land, where many more immigrants will naturally be inclined to funnel into.

The other place could very well be California (yes, I understand that CA is now a state of the USA). Despite the word "United" in our country's name, the "Calexit" movement (exit of the California republic) will no doubt continue to see mass influxes of immigrants into the developments of Irvine (see previous post).

See. I told you. North America will have a place for everybody, it just depends on where in the continent one plans to settle.

Sources:

• http://www.trbimg.com/img-58233a7a/turbine/la-na-pol-trump-election-night-speech-20161108

• https://gkdevelopment.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/subdivision.jpg

• http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/652*367/calexit.jpg