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However, at many times there is no discussion about people that are financially included in our society, that intentionally separate themselves from the urban context. Numerous studies have been conducted in order to investigate and analyze the living situation in areas with low socio-economic status and how people in these types of areas could be integrated in our society. We argue that this research could be a way of adding a different perspective on the issue of segregation and integration. Our intention is to understand the motivations for living in these types of built environment and to investigate means of delving into such societies. Overall, the results are discouraging in terms of Australia's urban sustainability outlook. lack of safety concerns in the inner city, public transport orientation, and the good quality of city schools), positively influence people's interest in pursuing compact urban living. A few factors, including accessibility and, to a lesser extent, environmental consciousness and amenity (i.e.

the Australian Dream), negatively influence suburbanites' intention to pursue urban living. exorbitant house prices in the inner city), and tradition (i.e. large home and garden), affordability (i.e. the child-rearing stage), lifestyle (preference for 'peace and quiet'), space (i.e. A number of factors, including life stage (i.e. Interviews conducted in Brisbane, Australia, reveal that the suburban dream is still very alive. In view of major contemporary concerns about urban sprawl and related externalities, this article investigates the motivations of suburban residents for choosing this lifestyle, their level of satisfaction with a low-density, car-oriented environment, and their potential interest in embracing alternative living arrangements (i.e. Evidence will be provided from the ongoing suburbanization of Kendall County, Illinois at the southwestern edge of metropolitan Chicago. At the same time, it works through existing fears and anxieties in order to secure the progressive accumulation of capital in the suburban built environment. It must continue to produce simulated images that signify mythologized narratives of the past that cater to sentiments of hope and a better life in the future. It is argued that this powerful discursive formation has evolved through recent neoliberal times, and is manifest in the suburban landscape in new ways. It highlights the contradiction between the promises that are made through the ideology and discourse of the American Dream and the inherent limits of those promises within the realities of a highly dynamic capitalist society.

This study examines the current role of ideology in maintaining and reproducing consumer demand for residential suburban spaces in the outer ring of American metropolitan regions.