--- --- # The Differences Between Cities and Suburbs are Fading Away by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 13, 2017 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 13, 2017 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**The differences between cities and suburbs are fading away.**](https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-10-11/cities-and-suburbs-are-becoming-pretty-similar) By Tyler Cowen at _Bloomberg View_ **2\.** [**How Sesame Street is helping kids deal with trauma.**](http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/12/health/sesame-street-trauma/index.html) By Victoria Larned at _CNN_ **3\.** [**If the presidential election really was hacked, what could we do?**](https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/10/12/16463770/hacked-election-constitution-election) By Vinay Nayak and Samuel Breidbart at _Vox_ **4\.** [**Why does losing an endangered language make us sad — and should we fight to save them?**](https://aeon.co/essays/should-endangered-languages-be-preserved-and-at-what-cost) By Rebecca Roache in A_eon_ **5\.** [**Here’s how Facebook rewards the ads and content that divide us.**](https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/11/16449976/facebook-political-ads-trump-russia-election-news-feed) By Casey Newton in the _Verge_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Five Best: Differences Between Cities and Suburbs are Fading ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4981388/the-differences-between-cities-and-suburbs-are-fading-away/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4981388/the-differences-between-cities-and-suburbs-are-fading-away/"},"headline":"The Differences Between Cities and Suburbs are Fading Away","datePublished":"2017-10-13T16:00:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:24.250Z","description":"These are today's five best","url":"https://time.com/4981388/the-differences-between-cities-and-suburbs-are-fading-away/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","facebook","elections","language","cities","Suburbs","Trauma"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4981388/the-differences-between-cities-and-suburbs-are-fading-away/","name":"The Differences Between Cities and Suburbs are Fading Away"}}]}] ```