The suburbs are turning into the ghetto thanks to the subprime mortgage crisis and predatory lending, while young educated people are flocking into the cities.

sounds like paradise

I grew up in the suburbs, got educated, and moved to the city. For all the reasons in the article -- I can walk everywhere, I can take public transportation, and it's rich in culture.

What I remember about the suburbs is driving. A whole lot of driving. Driving driving driving. Everything is about your car.

I like being able to walk and bike everywhere. I also like all the random crap here, like "First Friday" where they do art exhibits, all the restaurants, bars, and other events. It really is good living if you don't have kids.

tarrant84: I grew up in the suburbs, got educated, and moved to the city. For all the reasons in the article -- I can walk everywhere, I can take public transportation, and it's rich in culture.

It really is good living if you don't have kids.

Yup. Being a young professional is a pretty good deal.

fuckyou: Yup. Being a young professional is a pretty good deal.

This is a great week for me too...

- Sox / Phils game (behind home plate!)
- Clam bake on Wednesday, followed by quizzo (bar trivia)
- Philadelphia Brewing Co. event
- Weekend bike ride

So much stuff to do... you couldn't do that in one week if you lived in the burbs. Not without a whole lot of driving and parking.

tarrant84: This is a great week for me too...

- Sox / Phils game (behind home plate!)
- Clam bake on Wednesday, followed by quizzo (bar trivia)
- Philadelphia Brewing Co. event
- Weekend bike ride

So much stuff to do... you couldn't do that in one week if you lived in the burbs. Not without a whole lot of driving and parking.

Sounds good. This week is light on planned events, but I'm sure I'll keep myself occupied.

I've been thinking of squatting in the various empty houses, offices, and warehouses all over.

I live at least 30 miles from anything that could be considered suburbs, and I like it. I can walk out my door and keep going for over 1,000 miles without seeing any sign of humans. There's nowhere in the small states that one could do this.

totalsecurity: I live at least 30 miles from anything that could be considered suburbs, and I like it. I can walk out my door and keep going for over 1,000 miles without seeing any sign of humans. There's nowhere in the small states that one could do this.

I live in Kentucky. I can walk a good while without seeing anything that looks human.

totalsecurity: I live at least 30 miles from anything that could be considered suburbs, and I like it. I can walk out my door and keep going for over 1,000 miles without seeing any sign of humans. There's nowhere in the small states that one could do this.

Yeah but you're a bear. You need wilderness.

totalsecurity: I live at least 30 miles from anything that could be considered suburbs, and I like it. I can walk out my door and keep going for over 1,000 miles without seeing any sign of humans. There's nowhere in the small states that one could do this.

Who (or what) do you have sex with?

tarrant84:
Who (or what) do you have sex with?

To hear him talk, you can look under every third fallen log and find credulous nubile women.

muninsfire: To hear him talk, you can look under every third fallen log and find credulous nubile women.

LOL. Crazy to boot.

tarrant84: I grew up in the suburbs, got educated, and moved to the city. For all the reasons in the article -- I can walk everywhere, I can take public transportation, and it's rich in culture.

What I remember about the suburbs is driving. A whole lot of driving. Driving driving driving. Everything is about your car.

I've done the city thing and liked it, but i'm quite happy out in the suburbs. Lots of space, public transport is usable, good schools, libraries, nice new rec center.

Certainly i've got to drive a bit to get to museums or top-notch dining, but I suppose I don't do all that much.

Unfortunately i have to mow :(

tarrant84: Who (or what) do you have sex with?


Women. You may have seen them.

muninsfire: To hear him talk, you can look under every third fallen log and find credulous nubile women.

I found your sister-wife under a log earlier, but she was busy servicing my dog.

totalsecurity:
I found your sister-wife under a log earlier, but she was busy servicing my dog.

I don't think that one was mine. I think VS lost a few; ask him.

grahams: Unfortunately i have to mow :(

The devil's business, that is.

grahams:
Unfortunately i have to mow :(

Rock garden, with succulents. Zen sand thingy; you just have to rake that kind.

thundercougarfalconbird: The devil's business, that is.

Unless you have Mexicans.

muninsfire: Rock garden, with succulents. Zen sand thingy; you just have to rake that kind.

True, but we've got weeds here like you wouldn't believe - two unfinished lots adjacent to me. One is rented to a guy that deosn't care and the other is foreclosed (but now occupied).

Houses still seem to be moving here, so that's at least a little inspiring (though nobody is making huge profits)

totalsecurity:
Women. You may have seen them.

In Alaska? Do they have beards?

grahams: I've done the city thing and liked it, but i'm quite happy out in the suburbs. Lots of space, public transport is usable, good schools, libraries, nice new rec center.

Certainly i've got to drive a bit to get to museums or top-notch dining, but I suppose I don't do all that much.

Unfortunately i have to mow :(

When we have kids we're going back out to the burbs... :-/

Definitely has its advantages. Wouldn't want to be there w/o kids though.

fuckyou: Unless you have Mexicans.

Brown orphan babies?

tagged

grahams:
True, but we've got weeds here like you wouldn't believe

That's why you put down black plastic underneath the rocks.

tarrant84: In Alaska? Do they have beards?


Yes, between their legs.

A part of a woman you haven't seen since you were born, obviously. No doubt there is a faggot forest that you would be happy in, frolicking with the gaygnomes.

totalsecurity:
Yes, between their legs.

A part of a woman you haven't seen since you were born, obviously

That's because my bitches shave.

muninsfire: That's why you put down black plastic underneath the rocks.

Believe me. i'm doing my best.

Two layers of commercial weedblock, stones or mulch and gallons of roundup. it's a losing battle when 2 sides of my back yard are overgrown with weeds

totalsecurity: frolicking with the gaygnomes

I matched you on gaygnomes, but the whole phrase fits.

The only people around here that cover their yards with stones are greaseball Italians.

Elk Grove is really close to where I live. It's just sad, it used to be such a great little town.
While I used to want to live in a city (like when I lived near Seattle)but down here it's just too dangerous to live in Sacramento. Folsom, my suburb I live in, has like .2 violent crimes per year. Plus, breasticle's job is in Folsom. One of us will have to commute either way.

fuckyou: I matched you on gaygnomes, but the whole phrase fits.


It does indeed.

grahams:
Believe me. i'm doing my best.

Two layers of commercial weedblock, stones or mulch and gallons of roundup. it's a losing battle when 2 sides of my back yard are overgrown with weeds

Dig up the top layer. Put down black plastic. Let sit for a week to sterilize the soil. Then, cover with sand and gravel, ensuring a good drainage pattern. Mulch and apply topsoil to small areas within the larger gravel/sand area (either in raised beds or in areas cut out from the black plastic), and insert groundcover appropriate to the area. Install stepping stones or a brick walkway. Voila, low-maintenance rock garden.

I just eat many of the plants people consider weeds: chickweed, pigweed, fireweed, dandelions, and others. I consider them low-maintenance salad greens.

totalsecurity:
I just eat many of the plants people consider weeds: chickweed, pigweed, fireweed, dandelions, and others. I consider them low-maintenance salad greens.

Very haute gourmet, too.

Unfortunately, suburbia's dumb. HOAs tend to frown on those things, and insist that you get rid of 'em. Stupid approach, really.

muninsfire: Very haute gourmet, too.

Unfortunately, suburbia's dumb. HOAs tend to frown on those things, and insist that you get rid of 'em. Stupid approach, really.


Then I shall suffer in this terrible harsh wilderness.

Sometimes people come by and have one of these salads and cannot believe it is what they formerly considered weeds. Furthermore, it happens that these 'weeds' are very rich in vitamins and minerals.

totalsecurity:
Then I shall suffer in this terrible harsh wilderness.

I'd like to get a house out in teh country for the same reason.

That and wild blackberries. Mmmmm, blackberries.

totalsecurity:
Sometimes people come by and have one of these salads and cannot believe it is what they formerly considered weeds. Furthermore, it happens that these 'weeds' are very rich in vitamins and minerals.

Yeah, the 'salad' they offer in the civilized world is kinda pale and lame by comparison.

muninsfire: I'd like to get a house out in teh country for the same reason.

That and wild blackberries. Mmmmm, blackberries.



Yeah, the 'salad' they offer in the civilized world is kinda pale and lame by comparison.


And raspberries, and blueberries, and cranberries, and currants, and cloudberries, and salmon, and trout, and ptarmigan, and grouse...yeah, I sure wish I was one of those upscale 'urban' types, they're obviously so much smarter than I am.