虽然居住水平从技术指标上提高了，但出行高度依赖汽车，郊区居民被圈禁在小社区之内，丧失了城市里丰富多彩的生活选择的自由，丧失了在熙熙攘攘的人流中漫步、发呆、看人、被看的自由，丧失了与其他社区的居民随机地邂逅交流的机会。这时，动辄几万平方米的社区会所，只起着丰富业余生活的意义，并非有效的公共生活空间。

Technically， higher living standards are available there， but private cars become something of great necessity for the movement over long distance. As a result， the dwellers there， restrained in their limited societies， can no longer enjoy the free choice of the diversified life in the city center； find it impossible to stroll， remain motionless， examine the other people， or be examined in the crowed city center； and lost the opportunity to communicate with some other residents they came across. So the community in the suburbs， though as wide as tens of thousands of square meters， acts as nothing but a subsidiary area instead of an effective space for the public life.