"office-park dad'. Successor to 'soccer mom"

[mr blur]

Interesting (to a Brit) article about America's changing landscape and the social implications:

"Traditionally, British policymakers are all too easily drawn to American innovations. But, my time in Phoenix has shown the United States pursuing a model we desperately need to avoid: depopulating downtowns, ravaged countryside, unsustainable energy consumption, social and racial segmentation and a sprawling exurbia that is retreating unrelentingly into the future."

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1418173,00.html