Question

What is Bill Levitt talking about in this quote?

planning suburban communities, which considered housing, recreation facilities, and schools

using the GI Bill to secure homes and farms in rural and suburban areas

building urban homes while considering every element of quality construction, from floor plan to utilities
We bought 5,000 acres and we planned every foot of it.

–Bill Levitt
1951

Answer 1

He’s referring to planning suburban communities (option 1). Levitt bought large tracts (e.g., for Levittown) and laid out the whole development — houses, streets, schools, parks and utilities — as a planned suburban community rather than individual urban houses or GI Bill land purchases.