I LOVE living in the suburbs! Ask me anything.

[UrbScotty]

:evilgrin:

[ewagner]

1. How far do you drive

to work?

Is public transportation available?

[UrbScotty]

9. I catch a ride, actually. (nt)

[XNASA]

2. Do you know any desperate housewives?

[UrbScotty]

10. When you think of it, aren't we ALL desperate housewives/husbands? (nt)

[amazona]

3. OK

How can I get the people in MY suburb to move to YOUR suburb?

(kidding)

I like the 'burbs too, apparently, everyone does. The traffic is getting a bit out of hand.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[Magrittes Pipe]

4. Why are you a racist, environment despoiling, Dubya-loving golfer?

:P

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Watch The Golfer Stuff, Pal!

Them's fightin' words. I'm a golfer and i'm no Dubya lover!

Oh wait! I don't live in the 'burbs. I live in a small, 100 year old town on the fringes of the metro area. Forget i said anything.
The Professor

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Me too. I love the fact that, if I got really drunk, I can walk into any

house on my block by accident and find the bathroom. ;)

I live in the typical cookie cutter, 1950's style, brick, sometimes they got really crazy and switched the floorplan to mirror image, ranch.

:hi:

[UrbScotty]

13. Mine was built circa 1970.

There are a few bricks, but not many.

[Dissenting_Prole]

6. have you seen this?

http://www.endofsuburbia.com/




Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years, so too has the suburban way of life become embedded in the American consciousness.

Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream.

But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Oil Peak and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now, some scientists and policy makers argue in this documentary.

The consequences of inaction in the face of this global crisis are enormous. What does Oil Peak mean for North America? As energy prices skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? Are today's suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow? And what can be done NOW, individually and collectively, to avoid The End of Suburbia ?

[Zuni]

8. the end of suburbia is going on right now

right now, the highest demand is in cities, look at NY and DC for example or in new Neo-traditional urbanist neighborhoods being constructed as an alternate to the suburban style. They are much denser and are constructed for walking. Anti-Big Box retailing is another feature of this movement.

The demand for inner city homes in good neighborhoods is causing Real Estate madness. A small colonial in DC goes for over 1 million. A Row House built for blue collar factory workers in 1920 in Baltimore's Canton neighborhood can get 500,000-1,000,000$

Try to find a cheap apartment in NYC.

[Zuni]

7. Suburbs of what city?

I find Suburbs to be ugly and souless. Do you find strip malls and disconnected cookie cutter neighborhoods attractive?

I live in the Baltimore-Washington Metro Area, but my city, Annapolis, the capital of maryland and one of the oldest towns in the US, is a city in it's own right.

[UrbScotty]

16. Grand Rapids, MI

Not bad for Republicanland.

[w8liftinglady]

19. I agree with you,Zuni

...and I find the residents of the suburbs to be souless as well....and I live in a suburb of Dallas...I try to engage some of the soccer moms at my gym in friendly conversation,and they appear unable to generate a spontaneous,independent thought.No smiles,just the bored,botox-infused expression that goes so well with their insulated existance.(P.S.-I lived near you for 8 years-I loved it there...)

[Zuni]

23. well, I find it hard to converse with strangers

when I am not in a bar and soused up...about suburbs, I do not like the way they are built. Building like a city, with through streets, houses built on small lots, stores and resturaunts nearby and NO WALMARTS makes a much morepleasant life.

[Bouncy Ball]

11. I hate it.

It's a slow death. It's ugly. It's faceless. It's without life or color or vitality.

It's strip malls, fast food joints, box stores, pavement pavement pavement, more pavement. I like how they change up the trim on the front of the houses to make them look "different." Or in the really fancy areas, there might be three to five different floor plans.

I want out. It's not the city, and it's not the country, and it's sure not the best of both. I want a home in the city (Austin, preferably) and a home WAY out in the country.

But not this limbo-land of nothingville.

I'm glad you're happy in the burbs, though. I feel like I'm suffocating.

[UrbScotty]

14. Well, are you going to ASK ME SOMETHING?

:P

[Bouncy Ball]

15. Ok, what's wrong with you?

:D

[UrbScotty]

24. I'm a liburl suburbanite.

:evilgrin:

[demnan]

17. I like my neighborhood better than most suburbs

There are patches of actual woods in among the houses, condos and townhouses in my community. There is a variety of types of housing for different income levels. There is a bus stop for Omnilink that picks up and will take you to Washington, D.C. or the Pentagon every morning. There are pools, tennis courts, miniture and regular golf and a park overlooking a resevoir and bird sanctuary nearby. There are deer, foxes, chipmonks and other wildlife nearby. There is also an association fee on top of the condo fee, but you know it's worth it for all you get in Lake Ridge, Virginia.

[Zuni]

22. I actually grew up in a nice suburb

I lived my early years in Crofton, MD. We had woods, fields, pools, a golf course, a country club, a village green. There was plenty of critters around.
Crofton is a few miles from Bowie, if you know where that is.

[demnan]

18. Oh by the way

where do you live?

[Jersey Devil]

20. Has my cat pooped in your garden yet?

Cat poop! Deal with it!

[TNDemo]

21. Are you the one peeping in my windows at night?