Why did suburban communities move towards more socially conservative views while reinforcing the concepts of economic individualism? Community action programs encouraged communities to combine their resources to build a more collective community which drove more individually-minded populations
to the suburbs.

Distance from government and other top-down community-building mechanisms,
despite relying on government subsidies/programs, left a social void that more
conservative institutions filled.

Communism began to creep into the existing government structures throughout the
country which led to more conservative ideas to gain popularity.

Conservative populations fled the increasingly liberal urban centers that benefited the
most from New Deal programs.