Bishop's "The Big Sort": The Economist Responds

» Economist: America's suburbs | An age of transformation

The Economist offers a point that might stand in contrast to Bishop's thesis:

As they swell, the suburbs are changing. Perhaps none ever quite resembled the colourless domestic enclaves popularised by 1970s television programmes such as "The Brady Bunch"; now, they look nothing at all like them. America's suburbs are ethnically and demographically mixed--sometimes more so than its cities. Many are less dormitories than economic powerhouses.

The whole article is worth a read for reasons that go beyond Bishop. The two most significant trends that are on display for suburbs is the changing demographics of their population (ie - Sugar Land) and the increasing likelihood that they will serve as employment bases (ie - McKinney).