Comments by "Andrew Brendan" (@andrewbrendan1579) on "Why do the Suburbs Exist? A Closer Look at Levittown, America's First Planned Cookie-Cutter Suburb" video.

Ken, this was terrific. I had a friend who has since passed and who lived in Levittown. She told me that Mr. Levitt would drive through the place to make sure people were taking proper care of their properties. I'm old enought to remember the Monkees song "Pleasant Valley Sunday" which seems to be a criticism of suburbia, but for the people who first lived in such places, people who had gone through the Great Depression and a World War (some of whom may have been Holocaust survivors and war brides) moving into Leavittown must have been almost like going to Heaven. I was sorry to learn of the racial segregation, but not surprised. "Levit" sounds like it might be Jewish name yet I wonder if Jews were also restricted. The movie has a reference to churches, but no mention of synagogues.
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That is extreme.
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@jazzythecat918 Oh, my gosh. That is amazing that Mr. Levit would restrict his own people from living in the houses he built. You have to ask what kind of thinking or "logic" went into that.
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