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From City to Suburbs on Long Island
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Long Island was first home to Native Americans, then Dutch and English settlers came and created small settlements near the shoreline. The population of these settlements gradually increased through the late 1800's. In the 1900's another migration was taking place - people from New York City were moving to Long Island. From 1920 -1930 the total population of Long Island increased from 236,366 to 464,108 with the bulk of the population added to Nassau County.
Why were people from the city moving out?
In the 1900's, during the Progressive era, many people wanted to move out of the city. Some feared the large influx of new immigrant populations, some wanted to move because they desired more space; many wanted to get away from the crowding and "stale air" of apartment living.
Background
From City to Suburbs on Long Island
Today's suburbia has become more crowded and continuous than most would have predicted!
Long Island was being developed and had single family homes that could accommodate many different income levels.
Living in the suburbs was depicted as something everyone could achieve if only you "wanted" it!
How did they get here?
The 1920's saw an increase in sales of the automobile and the American population became more mobile. By building good roads Long Island developers hoped to entice people from the city to move to newly created towns. Many city people moved out to the suburbs to fulfill the "American Dream" of individual home ownership.
Suburbanization:
An original suburb is built:
By the middle of the 20th century, Long Island was home to over a million people and the suburbs were more then sleepy villages loosely connected by small roads. Major parkways, train lines and the Long Island Expressway moved all of these people in and out of NYC, as well as, around Long Island.
Levittown was created over what had once been potato farms. Arthur Levitt saw the opportunity to build single family homes for returning GI's. The growth of Long Island from 1940 -1950 shows another marked population increase from 604,103 to 948,894.
By the middle of the 20th century, Long Island was
home to over a million people and the suburbs were more than sleepy villages loosely connected by small roads. Major parkways, train lines and the Long Island Expressway moved all of these people in and out of New York City, as well as, around Long Island.
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