Citified suburbs becoming new model for the Bay Area

The San Francisco Chronicle reports:

What's emerging instead is a new form of the American Dream -- a new type of landscape where the lines between city and suburb blur in ever more complex ways.

The landscape is changing because Americans are changing. An increasing number want lives that offer suburban ease -- new homes, free parking, security -- but also a hint of urbanity. They want to step out their door and buy a cup of fair trade coffee, or window-shop with friends before strolling to dinner or a movie.

They didn't say anything about public transportation,high taxes,and bad public schools.