“Across America, downtown and peripheral suburban areas have switched identities. The old pattern has been turned inside out. Concentrated and centralized cities have been supplanted by dispersed and polynucleated suburban malls and office parks...Traditionally, the spatial ecology and design of high-rise downtown buildings also has favored the space-intensive needs of business and management. On the other hand, retail trade, manufacturing, and wholesaling have higher space-per-employee requirements. These needs can effectively be met by horizontal one- or two-story suburban buildings.” (181-183)

(Palen, J. John. The Suburbs. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. Print.)