tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856019927703356958.post1874288660027206293..comments2023-04-07T04:41:55.634-07:00Comments on Texan By Chance: SuburbiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856019927703356958.post-89940713734009234542008-07-29T14:44:00.000-07:002008-07-29T14:44:00.000-07:00After spending 6 consecutive days in the suburbs o...After spending 6 consecutive days in the suburbs of Detroit (ahh!) and now being back in the inner city, it is hard for me see this happening. One thing I've noticed suburban folk like is space (and lawns. They really like their lawns). The farther out you go (and in my neck of the woods, the farther out you are, the more affluent you are), the more people seem to like their space and privacy. <BR/><BR/>In the neighborhood I grew up in, inter-family relationships were based on their kids and their schools, so there was some sense of community, although pretty loose. In some of the more affluent Northern suburbs, like Troy, it's a lot of people driving home from work in their cars, pulling into their garages, and shutting their doors behind them. I worked as an organizer for an environmental group in my late teens, and out in Troy you would get comments like "Honey, we've worked hard to move out here and be left alone. Please get off my porch."<BR/><BR/>Living back in Detroit for a week, it's hard for me to imagine these folks who are so invested in their isolation and space on their terms coming back into the cities and living right next to each other in tightly built inner-city neighborhoods. Unless of course they bought up the whole block and kicked everyone else out ...rachel_p82https://www.blogger.com/profile/11464721952684573775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856019927703356958.post-92063831127144238102008-07-23T18:14:00.000-07:002008-07-23T18:14:00.000-07:00Of course NYC is already organized on this basis, ...Of course NYC is already organized on this basis, at least within the city limits.Texan By Chancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00352225345466109303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856019927703356958.post-88712322203392614842008-07-22T14:10:00.000-07:002008-07-22T14:10:00.000-07:00if there is anything worse than living in an inner...if there is anything worse than living in an inner-city ghetto, i think that it has to be living in a suburban ghetto. <BR/><BR/>Anthropologist Mike Davis has written a book about this as a global trend, called Planet of Slums. It is a good book.kateghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18192812672040930235noreply@blogger.com