Reply #152: I choose to live in the suburbs - rant

[Coexist]

I have three children, a two-story home and an SUV.
Those of us who live here do a lot to make our neighborhoods a great place for our children. I canvassed my neighborhood for MoveOnPac and we represent a huge cross-section of people.

I run a 300 family Pop Warner program that is second to none. I have been a Girl Scout Leader, PTA board member, and La Leche League leader. I started a playgroup, a Bunko group and a Friday night neighborhood Happy Hour in my immediate neighborhood. I know everyone on my street well enough to let my three kids run around unobserved for hours. I have at least 3 children who are not my own in my house or on my backyard playset everyday - whether or not my kids are there.

I am a passionate liberal, yet I can converse about life, bitch about whatever, or argue politics with my neighbors who don't share my views. Are we supposed to all move to urban areas so you will accept us - or is it better to have "scary liberals" living among "evil conservatives" so we can all see that we are just people slogging through life as best we can.

My neighbors accept me the way I am - and I do the same for them. Your bigotry is disgusting. How dare you assume you know all about every person who inhabits a 1/2 acre lot home.

We are all on this earth - where ever we choose to live and we all work hard to make it a better place - either for ourselves, our children or the rest of humanity. We will never all agree how to go about it - but keep your filthy generalizations to yourself.

I don't sit around wallowing in my self-importance over the choices I have made for my life - you need to get over yourself. I began reading this thread ready to take it with a grain of salt - but I can't believe you people call yourselves democrats. I am ashamed of the classist tone you all feel so comfortable taking. Walt Starr was right, in my opinion.