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Tue May-10-05 07:47 AM
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| 39. Homogeny is the rule of thumb in the 'burbs. |
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People that are incapable of an original thought tend to flock together, the sameness equates to security in their minds. The fact that they are incapable of an original thought makes them easier to control. So you have simple minded people living in a simple minded setting all created around the illusion of control.
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| -Why are big city suburbs so red? |
Jamison |
May-10-05 12:15 AM |
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Television. |
KissMyAsscroft |
May-10-05 12:17 AM |
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White Flight n/t |
Solon |
May-10-05 12:17 AM |
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Yeah. White Flight. |
Zan_of_Texas |
May-10-05 12:22 AM |
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Upwardly mobile, upper-middle class people live in the suburbs |
NAO |
May-10-05 12:18 AM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
May-10-05 12:18 AM |
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That is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard in my life. |
funflower |
May-10-05 01:47 AM |
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Shame that it's true, huh? (NT) |
Tesha |
May-10-05 08:23 AM |
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Yep... sadly, mainly true. |
Misunderestimator |
May-10-05 08:41 AM |
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Not everyone that lives in the suburbs = rich and white. |
smbolisnch |
May-10-05 08:51 AM |
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Suburban schools here have students of all colors and nationalities |
kwassa |
May-10-05 09:23 AM |
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I'll bet... |
Tesha |
May-10-05 11:13 AM |
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We're not talking about "rich". |
Tesha |
May-10-05 11:15 AM |
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Yes, he/she did say "rich", but the post was deleted. |
smbolisnch |
May-10-05 12:22 PM |
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suburbs |
enid602 |
May-10-05 01:57 AM |
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Have you folks ever been to a suburb? |
funflower |
May-10-05 02:44 AM |
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Exactly, not all suburbs are just dropped into place like so much lego. |
DS1 |
May-10-05 08:57 AM |
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Exactly, not all suburbs are just dropped into place like so much lego. |
DS1 |
May-10-05 08:57 AM |
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I live in the suburbs, in a flaming red town |
losdiablosgato |
May-10-05 09:19 AM |
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Hi, losdiablosgato! |
Lady Effingbroke |
May-10-05 10:20 AM |
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Then you know the town as well as I |
losdiablosgato |
May-10-05 10:29 AM |
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Yes I have lived in Houston for 30 years, and Pasadena for the past 6 |
Lady Effingbroke |
May-10-05 10:35 AM |
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I have lived here al but 3 years of my life |
losdiablosgato |
May-10-05 10:43 AM |
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Oh, I agree that the democratic party needs to reconnect with the |
Lady Effingbroke |
May-10-05 10:55 AM |
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I come from a family of bubba's and here is a winning candiadate in the so |
losdiablosgato |
May-10-05 11:08 AM |
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Stink-a-dena! |
Bouncy Ball |
May-10-05 02:38 PM |
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If you're a Republican, where the hell else would you live? |
TahitiNut |
May-10-05 09:02 AM |
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i live in the burbs and my neighborhood |
movie_girl99 |
May-10-05 07:23 AM |
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Mine, too |
LizW |
May-10-05 08:33 AM |
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I just moved from a gated community in Florida... |
Misunderestimator |
May-10-05 08:44 AM |
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There are some gated communities here, too |
LizW |
May-10-05 09:01 AM |
#62 |
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it is 2 keep them IN. |
xxqqqzme |
May-10-05 04:06 PM |
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When we lived in the city |
movie_girl99 |
May-10-05 09:12 AM |
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How dare you say that about DUers |
Walt Starr |
May-10-05 08:50 AM |
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A lot of suburbanites just THINK they're rich.... |
benevolent dictator |
May-10-05 09:58 AM |
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Faux News, Rush Limbaugh and Fundies. |
gumby |
May-10-05 12:19 AM |
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The suburbs are where the McMansions are. |
ocelot |
May-10-05 12:21 AM |
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This may strike you as odd. |
Carolab |
May-10-05 12:56 AM |
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Thanks for the reality check! |
funflower |
May-10-05 02:53 AM |
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John Kerry won the richest "suburban" county in Connecticut |
NewJeffCT |
May-10-05 09:02 AM |
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thanks |
Jamison |
May-10-05 12:24 AM |
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Human geography has to do with this..The more affluent people |
blogbear |
May-10-05 12:25 AM |
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The more salient geographic fact |
HEIL PRESIDENT GOD |
May-10-05 10:46 AM |
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amen! I hear you even though I don't buy into the 'myth' of conservative |
blogbear |
May-10-05 06:15 PM |
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Depends on where you go |
bluestateguy |
May-10-05 12:33 AM |
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despite kerry's showing, Dupage county (chicago burb)is VERY RED |
LiberallyInclined |
May-10-05 01:05 AM |
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You mark my words, DuPage will be blue in either 2008 or 2012 |
bluestateguy |
May-10-05 01:46 AM |
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Not a chance. |
WillowTree |
May-10-05 02:01 AM |
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Great numbers |
aldian159 |
May-10-05 08:34 AM |
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Democrats weaken GOP stronghold in Chicago Suburbs |
ultraist |
May-10-05 09:30 AM |
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Don't forget the contribution George Ryan & Co. made too |
DonP |
May-10-05 11:02 AM |
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DC Suburbs are blue |
djack23 |
May-10-05 08:28 AM |
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Some of them, at least |
MountainLaurel |
May-10-05 08:50 AM |
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Indeed |
bluestateguy |
May-10-05 01:48 PM |
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Don't forget majority black Prince George County, MD |
minerva50 |
May-10-05 02:24 PM |
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"People of means" will try to escape from "ethnic" neighborhoods |
SoCalDem |
May-10-05 12:40 AM |
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One word: Mega-churches |
FredStembottom |
May-10-05 12:59 AM |
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Very interesting analysis. |
gumby |
May-10-05 01:24 AM |
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You push me..... |
FredStembottom |
May-10-05 11:48 PM |
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i don't agree.. |
movie_girl99 |
May-10-05 07:35 AM |
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Sorry for the misunderstanding.... |
FredStembottom |
May-10-05 11:35 PM |
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You've got that right, Fred |
Lydia Leftcoast |
May-10-05 10:30 AM |
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Thanks for the welcome! |
FredStembottom |
May-10-05 11:50 PM |
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frightened, slightly racist, myopic |
leftofthedial |
May-10-05 01:00 AM |
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I'll give you the lack of taste.... |
funflower |
May-10-05 01:57 AM |
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ignorant, stupid, greedy |
leftofthedial |
May-10-05 02:19 AM |
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Over-generalizing.... |
funflower |
May-10-05 02:30 AM |
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so you are the final arbitor, i see... |
NuttyFluffers |
May-10-05 05:49 AM |
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Not talkin' about you, Nutty |
funflower |
May-10-05 11:31 PM |
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That is a lot of it, yes |
ComerPerro |
May-10-05 02:00 PM |
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white flight. |
LiberallyInclined |
May-10-05 01:02 AM |
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Many in the suburbs are Republican red because they are very |
Ruffhowse |
May-10-05 01:04 AM |
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Very Anti-Tax |
Ravenseye |
May-10-05 07:41 AM |
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Why didn't Pittsburgh charge the burb a sewer access fee |
kcwayne |
May-10-05 07:47 AM |
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Simple |
Ravenseye |
May-10-05 09:07 AM |
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I don't see how a municipality could possibly get away with |
kcwayne |
May-10-05 09:15 AM |
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I'm not aware of the specific rules |
Ravenseye |
May-10-05 10:27 AM |
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Sounds like the geniuses that wrote the contract didn't put caps on volume |
kcwayne |
May-10-05 11:09 AM |
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It's typical of Pittsburgh Government |
Ravenseye |
May-10-05 01:51 PM |
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My tax rate is much higher in the burb |
kcwayne |
May-10-05 08:00 AM |
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It Depends More On What Sort of City is In the Middle of those Suburbs |
AndyTiedye |
May-10-05 01:35 AM |
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It's about family size and cost of living |
funflower |
May-10-05 01:55 AM |
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fear of black folk |
Skittles |
May-10-05 03:36 AM |
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Green Flight |
bklyncowgirl |
May-10-05 05:23 AM |
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I LOVE that term!!!!! |
Rockholm |
May-10-05 07:57 AM |
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I am surprised at the number of blue burbs in Minnesota this past |
mzmolly |
May-10-05 07:27 AM |
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Because they are WILLFULLY insulated. They think it's better for them to |
leesa |
May-10-05 07:33 AM |
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We're blissfully blue here in Massachusetts. |
Zenlitened |
May-10-05 07:42 AM |
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Agreed. Mass Burbs Blue Blue Blue!!! |
Rockholm |
May-10-05 07:55 AM |
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Like conn. like Minn. Mass is a blue STATE. |
kenny blankenship |
May-10-05 10:50 AM |
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Homogeny is the rule of thumb in the 'burbs. |
Jara sang |
May-10-05 07:47 AM |
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Name removed |
May-10-05 08:37 AM |
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Are you here? |
Jara sang |
May-10-05 12:58 PM |
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So, kids from 90 different nations in suburban schools is "homogeny"? |
kwassa |
May-10-05 09:27 AM |
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Happen to live in suburban D.C. |
Jara sang |
May-10-05 01:01 PM |
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Where precisely do you live in Virginia? |
kwassa |
May-10-05 01:19 PM |
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I wasn't talking about individual people to begin with. |
Jara sang |
May-10-05 01:30 PM |
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You need to be more specific about what you mean by homogeneous |
kwassa |
May-10-05 01:58 PM |
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There is no American culture anymore. |
Jara sang |
May-10-05 02:17 PM |
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The corporate culture is a part of American culture |
kwassa |
May-10-05 02:39 PM |
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I beg to differ, corporate culture is anti-culture. |
Jara sang |
May-10-05 09:02 PM |
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You're kidding yourselves if you think the Burbs AREN'T Red. |
BiggJawn |
May-10-05 07:54 AM |
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My suburb is blue blue blue |
new_beawr |
May-10-05 08:17 AM |
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Where is this place? |
aldian159 |
May-10-05 08:40 AM |
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Montgomery County Maryland |
new_beawr |
May-10-05 08:45 AM |
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Montgomery County, Maryland???? |
Kaylee |
May-10-05 08:47 AM |
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I agree, housing prices are kinda nuts here |
new_beawr |
May-10-05 08:53 AM |
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DC metro just may avoid the pop |
Kaylee |
May-10-05 09:15 AM |
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Median NEW house in Montgomery is $600,000, not existing houses |
kwassa |
May-10-05 09:19 AM |
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Thank you for the info. That makes more sense..n/t |
new_beawr |
May-10-05 09:23 AM |
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Burbs are generally somewhat wealthy. This makes them vote Republican |
Zynx |
May-10-05 08:45 AM |
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That's another thing I don't understand. |
Jamison |
May-10-05 09:08 AM |
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Not middle-class, UPPER middle class |
Zynx |
May-10-05 10:01 AM |
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I'm sorry, but I think the whole premise of this thread is false |
kwassa |
May-10-05 09:21 AM |
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True, but most major cities have this pattern. DC is an exception. |
Zynx |
May-10-05 10:04 AM |
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Where is the proof for this theory in the first place? |
kwassa |
May-10-05 10:31 AM |
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Look up any county-scale map of the 2004 election. |
Zynx |
May-10-05 02:23 PM |
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"White flight is alive and well" |
ultraist |
May-10-05 09:24 AM |
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Is it white flight if you never lived in the city? |
lukasahero |
May-10-05 09:45 AM |
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Thank you. I live in the Suburbs too... |
tjwash |
May-10-05 10:45 AM |
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No problem |
lukasahero |
May-10-05 11:13 AM |
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It's the "I got mine the hell with everyone else" attitude. |
Cobalt Violet |
May-10-05 09:54 AM |
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well, it depends on the city |
dben88 |
May-10-05 09:58 AM |
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three reasons... |
gpandas |
May-10-05 10:11 AM |
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I live and have lived most of my live in a Suburb of Houston |
losdiablosgato |
May-10-05 11:15 AM |
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Money |
JerseygirlCT |
May-10-05 10:37 AM |
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The replies in this thread exhibit a common fallacy |
HEIL PRESIDENT GOD |
May-10-05 10:42 AM |
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People move "out there" to escape paying taxes |
kenny blankenship |
May-10-05 10:42 AM |
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Racism. |
Xap |
May-10-05 10:45 AM |
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agree it's racism |
donsu |
May-10-05 11:21 AM |
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maybe they've been |
ultraprog |
May-10-05 10:56 AM |
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You have to differentiate between traditional suburbs and exurbs |
Lydia Leftcoast |
May-10-05 11:24 AM |
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I have to say, this thread has become a laugh riot. |
Zenlitened |
May-10-05 01:09 PM |
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Racist parasites |
Swamp Rat |
May-10-05 02:05 PM |
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Many Years ago |
new_beawr |
May-10-05 02:35 PM |
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Dat's what I'm talkin'bout! |
Swamp Rat |
May-10-05 02:50 PM |
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I really don't know why we went to Metarie - BUT |
new_beawr |
May-10-05 03:03 PM |
#129 |
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HA! I was born in that hospital... |
Swamp Rat |
May-10-05 04:00 PM |
#130 |
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My problem isn't so much the redness |
Bouncy Ball |
May-10-05 02:41 PM |
#127 |
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