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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:22 PM Original message |
I ventured out to the suburbs this weekend... |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. San Fransisco, Miami, El Paso, |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Hear!Hear! Don't forget suburban Scottsdale! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Atlanta |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Yes, I know what you mean. I live northwest of Atlanta |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes u are a writer... |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Will Pitt's a writer. |
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HippieCowgirl (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Check out the novel "Snow Crash" by Neil Stephenson |
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w13rd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Wasn't the "Fundie Nation" called... |
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HippieCowgirl (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That's the one n/t |
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loudestchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
154. burb beaters. interesting book, the tower of babel thing was a bit much. |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. u are a different kind of writer... |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Thank you for that. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
127. Nonsense. He's published |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Actually they really are androids in all of those areas |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. This a great post. I completely understand where you are coming |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. amen! that's sooooo important |
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Acryliccalico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have noticed |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. As our industrial base has moved overseas, they have thoughtfully |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yeah... we "own" it until some corporation, in the guise of a "local |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. call your City Manager |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Thank you. Our city manager is an asshole; I've dealt with him |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. meet Johnson City, Tennessee's city manager |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. WHOA!! Those photos look to ME like they prove something! |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. sad truth is they basically ran us out of business |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:05 AM Response to Reply #55 |
100. Johnson City is east Tennessee, right? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #100 |
160. yeppers, waaaaaay up there, in the mountains |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
141. Those Comic Book stores...wasn't necessarily the Baptists... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #141 |
161. i think there prob some of that -- $$ is ALWAYS tight for advertising |
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BamaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 12:19 AM Response to Reply #46 |
98. Weird. Our new city manager used to be cm in JC |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. on the subject of golf courses -- JC a town of 50k, had 4 |
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TyeDye75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
79. Absolutely |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. We have that same experience when we go into |
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classof56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. IMHO, you are a writer--and a very good one. |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I really didn't want to bash them - since I don't know them. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. and you would correct on both counts |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
67. My dad's brother and his wife's kids |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. well said, tho -- SPRAWL is cancer |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. teenage mastery |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Great avatar. Great recommendation. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
76. teehee -- Bongo |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
68. I loved Opryland! |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #68 |
77. dollyland still going -- go to the other side of the smokeys tho -- its |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. "This is what happens when you have an economy instead of a culture." |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. ha, that's nothing |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. And each and every one of those $600,000. homes |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I have always loved that photo of the guy in the turtleneck |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
71. I like it too |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
95. I'm sure they do hate it.... |
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Goathead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
28. I just moved to Loudoun County, Virginia |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Oh yes, I should have mentioned. |
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B3Nut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
74. Madison is suffering from that as well... |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #74 |
142. Kenosha also |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
92. Well |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. Ohmigod, we're not alone! |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
31. Ahhh, the anti-suburban rant, the final vestige of bigotry allowed on DU |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Bigotry? |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Spare me |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Whatever. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Just don't like Anti-suburnaite attitudes n/t |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Bummer for you. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. You can read my thoughts about this subjevt here: |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. That's very nice. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Nope, it's the second largest city in Illinois |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Most suburbs are not as you describe. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Sidewalks everywhere here |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #61 |
84. And Portillo's |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
144. My cousins and aunt have always lived in suburbs |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Wayne and Garth left public access here years ago |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
89. I grew up in a suburb of Baltimore. Every single one was different, |
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chicagojoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #63 |
118. Hey, Walt Starr, I know how you feel. |
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chicagojoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
119. Didn't know that. I would have thought Rockford or Springfield. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
64. having a TRAIN, in itself disqualifies where you live from what most |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 10:39 AM Response to Reply #64 |
103. chicago suburbs |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 10:54 AM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Nearly every Chicago suburb predates 1920 |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #105 |
109. very true |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #105 |
124. You don't want to know..the horror! |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 11:20 PM Response to Reply #105 |
211. You must not. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #103 |
162. amen! my fave vacations have been just seeing |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
70. Bush won the majority of the suburb votes, what does that tell us? |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Tells us we've got our work cut out for us... |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #70 |
131. Tells me the majority of suburbanites are fucking idiots. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #131 |
221. LMAO!!! |
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Willy Lee (925 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. Huh? |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. You are responding to Walt Starr, not Will Pitt. |
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Willy Lee (925 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Oops- my bad! |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. where we live is the Alpha and Omega of political life |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
210. Spare ME Walt. |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. This piece is so beautifully written & your children and wife are very |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Sorry to hear that about Dublin. |
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prozacnation (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
147. and you get your facts from where? |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. Thank you for your story. I was so depressed yesterday. It helps to come |
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Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Be careful with your generalizations...... |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
93. Re-read my post. I'm not so sure you'll find any there. |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. You should try living in the middle of it. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
48. Reminds me of a toon I saw many years ago: |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
52. Did you actually talk to any of the suburbanites? |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. I know plenty of suburbanites. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Well, I guess the suburbanites I know are smarter than yours! |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. I'm not saying they are stupid. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #58 |
104. beaumont? |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #104 |
133. Yeah. We moved from there to El Paso, so I guess it was "brown flight" |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
56. I live in the suburbs now of Kansas City.. |
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loudestchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 10:08 PM Response to Reply #56 |
208. Come into town and visit us in Brookside or Waldo. Have a glass of wine |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
62. Nice story |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
65. Interesting OP! |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #65 |
91. Yes and no. That's the usual reason for a lot of the expansion |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
69. It's amazing how all of the suburban shopping complexes |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. Super Size Me had a great description |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. LOL, I remember that scene! |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
75. I just can't do it anymore. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
80. FYI, Dublin is NOT a SUBURB! |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. That's nice to hear, but it seems like a suburb or exurb to me. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. I don't think it's so much NIMBYism |
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eissa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #85 |
226. That's my neck of the woods |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
83. Another one raising their kids in SF, here. |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
86. I ventured out of the city today as well... |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
87. Suburbia - the greatest misallocation of resources |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Rhetorical bullshit |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. I guess we'll see when the oil runs out. n/t |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
94. I like your post |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
96. Our son & DIL live in Concord |
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yankeedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-05 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
97. I know what you are talking about |
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paineinthearse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
99. I lived in the east bay twice |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
101. How do they afford it? A lot of them are deep in debt |
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3lefts (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
102. I gather from the OP that |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 10:56 AM Response to Reply #102 |
106. That's a tragically oversimplistic analysis |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #106 |
111. excellent description! |
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3lefts (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #106 |
112. Categorically disagree... |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. You misunderstand what was meant by culture. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #115 |
125. good clarifiaction, i agree completely..... |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #112 |
123. Response |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #106 |
126. Well said |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #126 |
130. Thanks for a thoughtful response, Lorien... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #130 |
137. Yes, "Your money or your life" is one that I've recommended |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 10:59 AM Response to Reply #102 |
108. The rowhouses have been gentrified.... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #108 |
113. SF is very expensive! |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #113 |
121. I was able to find a 2 bedroom in a nice SF neighborhood for LESS |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #121 |
138. Yes, and perhaps if you take into account the savings in |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #138 |
143. The beginnings of the "implosion" are already visible. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #121 |
225. I totally agree |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #108 |
120. Just to clarify, I never called anybody an idiot. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #120 |
129. So--suburbanites aren't idiots--just "dull, vapid, soulless & scary" |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. No, the SUBURBS are thus. There are all manner of people there. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #102 |
135. I lived in a McRowhome too, w/a patch of McLawn - ha, ha! |
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markmalcom (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #135 |
146. ..You grew up in "Mayfair off Frankford Avenue"...!! |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #146 |
178. I tried to PM you, but DU says you are too new to receive |
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3lefts (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:16 PM Response to Reply #178 |
195. OT Justitia....LMAO.... |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 07:01 PM Response to Reply #195 |
207. awwww..... |
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markmalcom (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 12:00 AM Response to Reply #178 |
213. Absolutely!....I went to St. Bernards elementary and |
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CAN_for_Kerry (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
107. there all in it togeather |
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Rapcw (567 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
110. I live in Antioch, CA in the Bay Area |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #110 |
114. Isn't that where they filmed Edward Scissorhands? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
116. Living in the suburbs encourages consumption |
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12345 (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #116 |
139. I live in the city, and I find that it encourages consumption. |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #139 |
148. We consume less here. |
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12345 (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #148 |
150. In San Francisco, we're better than you, and we know it. |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #150 |
153. No, we just give a damn. |
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12345 (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #153 |
155. No, I don't hate cities, I just hate your self righteous attitude. |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #155 |
157. Yes, it's much worse than your dismissive, defensive one... |
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12345 (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #157 |
169. My original post dealt with consumerism, |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #169 |
216. SOLUTIONS!!! |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 10:54 AM Response to Reply #216 |
218. Sidewalks...ahh, such a simple idea. |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 11:14 AM Response to Reply #218 |
220. I'm totally on board on the "front porch" idea!!! |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
117. I enjoyed your post |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #117 |
122. But isn't Milwaukee a very nice city? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #122 |
134. Urban Minneapolis / St Paul here. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:33 PM Response to Reply #134 |
140. I go to Mall of America only |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:26 PM Response to Reply #122 |
149. I like the city of Milw. well enough |
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prozacnation (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
128. I live in Dublin and I don't appreciate your comments |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #128 |
145. I didn't say it was all-white or all-republican. |
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Stew225 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
136. It was well written to me and kept me reading |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
151. Please understand, I *AM NOT* blanket anti-suburb. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #151 |
163. free-market city planning is an oxymoron |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
152. I choose to live in the suburbs - rant |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:39 PM Response to Reply #152 |
156. What the fuck ever. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #156 |
158. I grew up in a steel town - my father worked in the plant |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #158 |
164. The people staying at the Disney World Hotel Complex |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #164 |
168. Real communities ARE the people who inhabit them. |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #152 |
172. Wow, I think you are taking this way too personally. |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #172 |
174. I love how *I'm* a "snob"... |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #174 |
176. Remember when homes had front porches and people sat on |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #174 |
181. enough of the I'm afraid of diversity stuff, okay. |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #181 |
184. The beef is at every level of the lifestyle. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #184 |
187. Do people in cities do those things? |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #187 |
189. You make your case eloquently here... |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #189 |
190. Just for fun... |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #190 |
198. I'm not talking about an evening stroll... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #174 |
227. LMAO!!! |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #172 |
177. So sorry - must be sensitive or my time of the month or something... |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:31 PM Response to Reply #177 |
179. Wow - so much TRUTH in one post. |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #177 |
182. But for one post in that whole string, there are no personal |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:37 PM Response to Reply #182 |
183. My point is that I have lived in three different |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #183 |
185. Generalizations are not good when talking about people. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #185 |
188. but it was not just suburban development they were attacking |
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12345 (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:09 PM Response to Reply #188 |
191. I agree. I believe that all things being equal, most people would |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #188 |
193. I hope it is clear that my concern is with the impact that our zoning, |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:18 PM Response to Reply #193 |
196. Well then Udo and Gumbo - truce |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #196 |
197. Yeah right, you're headed to McDonalds........ |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #197 |
200. Naw, she's upscale. |
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movie_girl99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
159. i live in a burb north of Dallas |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #159 |
166. Well, Dallas and Houston are exceptional. |
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movie_girl99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #166 |
173. i lived in El Paso for a year |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #173 |
175. I'm not suggesting you move. |
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movie_girl99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #175 |
222. thats cool |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #166 |
209. Here in the Bay Area the 'burbs (such as Dublin) |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
165. I've had a revelation from this thread. |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #165 |
167. I'll look down on you. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 03:31 PM Response to Reply #167 |
170. We did - you just don't realise how you sound. eom |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. It sounds like elitism.... |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:55 PM Response to Reply #171 |
186. Bet I don't earn HALF what you do... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #165 |
180. I think you're mistaking sadness for condescension |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:10 PM Response to Reply #180 |
192. I think we are making a lot of assumptions about the people who |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #192 |
201. Where did anyone say that cities are an "oasis" |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #201 |
202. No shit. As pointed out in "Supersize Me"... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
194. San Francisco is my other favorite city. |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:24 PM Response to Reply #194 |
199. N'Awlins your favorite? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #199 |
205. Don't forget the FOOD! |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #205 |
206. And the music.... |
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name not needed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
203. I live in the suburbs. |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
204. Many people don't know that there are even other options. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
212. Come down to Palo Alto some time |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
214. You don't know why people live there, and are too arrogant to ask. |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 10:32 AM Response to Reply #214 |
215. Accepting things as they are vs. dreaming of a better way |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 10:53 AM Response to Reply #215 |
217. Defending the status quo vs. acknowledging that there is a reason |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #217 |
219. We're much in agreement on this... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #215 |
232. Well put, I agree and |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
223. Yeah, here in DC, there is a springing up of "Town Centers" |
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GoSolar (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
224. Thanks for a great post. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
228. I live |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #228 |
229. You are lucky to live out in the country! |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
230. I grew up in Southern California |
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NCN007 (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-05 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
231. As your familier with the area |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #231 |
233. I couldn't afford a house ANYWHERE in the bay area. Count your blessings. |
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