William J. Levitt was an American real-estate developer widely credited as the father of modern American suburbia. He pioneered the concept of mass-produced standardized housing communities known as "Levittowns."
Imagine if someone figured out how to make high-quality cookies quickly using an assembly line process - that's what William J. Levitt did but with houses instead! He created a recipe for affordable suburban homes and then baked them by thousands!
Suburbanization: The process by which towns and cities are formed or expanded due to increasing population moving from rural areas into suburbs.
Baby Boomers: Demographic cohort following World War II during which time there were higher than normal birth rates.
Post-War Prosperity: Refers to economic prosperity experienced by several countries such as US after end of World War II.
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