Biden "abolishing" the Suburbs? One man?
Here in NJ with the Mount Laurel Decision (https://fairsharehousing.org/mount-laurel-doctrine/), after decades of attempted application, the "Suburbs" are still here. It requires land, which is becoming rapidly scarce in this state. You need a developer to sue to the municipality for denying a variance to allow high-density development instead of one-house-on-one-acre (or half-acre). You need money to finance that lawsuit. Sometimes, the state will find undeveloped land in your town and declare it Mount Laurel appropriate and you get condos, not apartments.
Oftentimes you don't get an influx of "minorities" into your town even if Mount Laurel has secured a spot. Example, Franklin Lakes is in Bergen County. Many homes list in the Millions. When FL had to build "Mount Laurel" housing, the lowest price was $300,000 to $450,000 b/c that's what "low income housing" looks like in a community like this.
So thinking that Joe Biden in WH will change the way things work in our collective of Suburbs is magical thinking, fiction, or outright mendacity. It's not like integrating public schools. And even that was minimal impact.
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