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Houses these days don't have front lawns

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Houses these days don't have front lawns

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Backyards have more emphasis than lawns now

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Backyards have more emphasis than lawns now

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Cars are more widely used now

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West Ranch High School (located in the Santa Clarita Valley)

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West Ranch High School (located in the Santa Clarita Valley)

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Surprisingly, Levittown and the Santa Clarita Valley have many similarities and differences. Santa Clarita takes on the conformity of houses Levittowns started and also adopted the luxury of keeping everything in close proximity to residents. Houses, here in the valley, also took on characteristics of houses in Levittown by, for example, using rooms for multiple purposes, but our houses have also evolved with time. This can be seen in our widespread use in garages and other new traits. The community that creates neighborhoods has changed as racial prejudice has greatly diminished. While Santa Clarita holds many differences and similarities to Levittown, it's safe to say Santa Clarita is a modern-day Levittown with little modifications here and there.

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Differences in the Architecture of the House

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Differences in the Architecture of the House

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Levitt ventured into a completely new style of building houses and although some of his styles live on today, there are some that have faded away. For example, Levitt did not include a garage when building a house claiming that it was a waste of money. Instead there were carports connected to the house which provided a roof for the car. Here in the valley it would seem unnatural not to have a garage. However, a garage is not primarily used just to store ones car. Many residents today actually use their garage more for storage then sheltering their car from mother nature. In fact, 2/10 of the  residents on my street uses the garage for sheltering their cars. Meaning eight of us prefer to park our car on the driveway and use the garage to store necessities. In Levittown furniture was built into the house. We no longer have our furniture built in, instead, our furniture can be easily moved around and, or , replaced easily if we do not take a liking of it. Lastly, lawns do not seem to be as big of a deal anymore here in Santa Clarita Valley. In movies about the 1950s you can see families out in the front lawn conversing with other families and the weekend job for fathers would be to mow the lawn or children would do it as a chore, and mothers would make  the lawns prettier by planting flowers around it. However, today many houses do not have front lawn instead there is just a driveway connecting to the garage. Instead, the emphasis that was put into front lawns have been moved to backyards, or gardens behind the house.

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Although there were many similarities, there were also differences, after all we are in a society over 60 years into the future since Levittowns were created and popularized. During the 1950s segregation was still a large factor American's everyday life. It was to the point to where Levittowns created a rule only allowing caucasian people to live in there. Many white people were so unwilling to integrate that when "An Asian family moved in...some people moved out because of them." There were strong prejudices amongst those living in Levittown. But, today, we see much less segregation taking place in this suburban area. As an Asian-American I can definitely say that we are not treated any different by our neighbors just because of they way we look. Upfront prejudices are a thing of the past in our neighborhoods and would be considered unacceptable in this valley. Levittowns also seemed to promote tight knit communities amongst neighbors. Today, I believe this feeling of a community isn't as strong here in the valley. Residents here preferably mind their own business and the streets are often silent unless its the holidays.

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Now, looking into the interior of a house, many other similarities can also be identified. In an interview, Levitt openly describes how he got rid of the traditional basement of a house because he believes that it does not hold much importance. Levitt's design without a basement seems to still be popularized today as most houses here do not have basements built into them, rather have garages to store belongings. Also, another one of Levitt's new characteristics to a house was giving rooms a double or triple duty where they would serve as something more than just, for example, a living room. Today, rooms can be used for more than one thing. For example, my mother is a piano teacher and she used to use the living room to teach her students. Therefore, the living room serves as, not only, a  place for our family to gather, but also, as a classroom for my mother's piano students. One of the most attractive factors of Levittowns is the the great elbow space the homes provide. In these suburban area Americans no longer have to live in a tight urban area to be able to have bearable living conditions and a sustainable income. If one chooses to live in suburban area they can enjoy both, the wonderful living conditions and a sustainable income as the commute to work in their own cars, instead of relying on public transportation. Today, those that live in Santa Clarita are also able to enjoy these benefits. Having a car is basically a social norm here, and houses are nicely spaced that we do not feel like we are being squished together like in urban areas.

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The environment of the Levittown and the Santa Clarita Valley actually holds many similarities. Most notably, the ways the houses are set up is very similar. As seen in the documentary, there are just rows and rows of houses that look almost exactly the same. And in the Santa Clarita Valley, from an aerial view, many of the houses look exactly the same. Often times, when my mother and I are in a new neighborhood we have a hard time finding a certain house because they all look the same to us. So the conformity of houses throughout suburban areas have definitely remained after all these years. The documentary also pointed out how beneficial it'd be live in Levittown because of the close proximity to schools, malls, and church. And today in the valley we are still provided those luxuries but on a larger scale. We have the large Westfield Mall, much over 20 schools to accommodate to the growing number of children in this area and also have many different churches for different religions. Levittown also consisted of curved roads in order to slow down traffic, and the valley also consists of these roads mainly in neighborhoods to ensure that drivers are safe and cautious. Levittown is subdivided into neighborhoods with distinct names to them, for example, Stonybrook or Lakeside. Although certain neighborhoods do not have names in this valley certain gated communities do. For example the gated community I live in is name Bella Ventana.

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What is a Levittown? A Levittown was the representation of a suburban area as there was a mass production of identical, inexpensive homes for middle-class Americans. Now, what is the Santa Clarita Valley? This valley may also be considered a suburban area, however, here we are about over sixty years later. Today, the characteristics of a Levittown can still be seen in the Santa Clarita Valley despite how new this community is and how recently it has been built. There can be many similarities found in the way a house is structured and the environment around the house in a suburban area. However, there are also many differences in these characteristics that time has been able to change.

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Conformity of houses today.