In a controversial 2006 film, the lives of a suburban family are acted out in this pseudo documentary. Includes interesting facts about suburban sprawl.

In 2006, a Canadian film by Jim Brown and Gary Burns toured various film festivals across the world. While it received good reviews, it’s method of communicating the detriments of suburban sprawl were considered controversial. In 2013, research from Queens University pointed out that two-thirds of the Canadian population live in the suburbs. In the United States, more than half live in suburban areas. See how their film depicts the lives of this majority.

Interesting factoids raised in the film:

80% of everything ever built in North America was built in the last 50 years

Average size of north american home:

1950 – 800 sq.ft. / 1970 – 1500 sq.ft. / 2000 – 2266 sq.ft.

Average North American driver spends 55 8-hour workdays driving

Traffic injuries and deaths are 3 times more common in the suburbs than in the inner cities

Average suburban adult is 6.3lbs heavier than the average urban adult

Suburban Sprawl uses about 2 to 4 times the amount of land as medium density cities.