People Who Live In Suburbs: Classy, Icky, or Dudes?

lol I don't sleep well at all, I think our economy is pretty much fucked in when gas hits $7 and I'm not secretly happy about that just cause I live on a subway line right now.

*offers jon a tissue*

Fuck off max, seriously.

When is gas going to hit $7?

In Hawaii or something?

cool jon gets to play the victim card again

in your lifetime xp

can we call him Jon/via/suburb from now on

dayo, go fuck yourself and kindly die. Asshole.

You too iatee. I hope you all die of cancer.

Assholes.

Fuck this place.

people from the suburbs sound delightful!

In my somewhat limited experience, those who are more conservative are paradoxically more likely to live in housing that reflects current trends in suburban housing, or at least new development. It might be a cultural belief that owning a new home (or as the case may be, townhome or condo) is some sort of sign of success, but I think you're more likely to end up with property that has a diminished resale value or poor construction, even compared to older homes that need more maintenance.

I think one of the main factors in suburban growth in my area is less people moving away from the city and more people continuing to move toward the city. I think there's an entire generation of people who were born in small towns, went to college, got jobs in/around the city and live in a suburb. I think the conservatism or cultural background is what led them to chose that living arrangement, but I don't think it's due to a rejection of the city as liberal.

I've mentioned it on other threads, and probably upthread here, but I think that something some areas have done better is a more consolidated tax structure at the county or metro area level that allows cities to be better-resourced. I'm starting to waver on this, mostly because of the enthusiasm for urban living that seems to be growing. Still, people choose suburbs because the city now has high taxes and mediocre schools, but the more growth shifts to the suburbs, the more true that becomes!

If I moved back to the city, I'd want to live in a nice area of the city with lawns and fences and everything. Those exist. There are also shitty, communist-assed apartment complexes in the suburbs. It's true! I think there are very few people in this thread who have any idea what they're talking abot.

if you have a lawn you are part of the problem

also lol at lawns and fences being "nice" while apartment complexes are "shitty" and "communist-assed"

apartment complexes dont have asses

hmm didn't you start the thread about living with rednecks? xp

I lived in a 70s-vintage apartment complex in the suburbs for nearly five years after college (mostly due to inertia) and it leaned fairly left, as far as I could tell. It also had a nice lawn area and a pool and people met up to play volleyball and stuff.

Lawns are awesome.

TS: Running around under a sprinkler on a lawn vs. running around under a fire hydrant in the street.

You can feel free to drop by to weed my flower beds and mow my lawn, people who are into lawns but do not have them, if you like!

I apologize for the ridiulous outburst, just sick of people like max intentionally pushing buttons. Like, iatee didn't deserve any of the ire I threw his way, he is at least able to debate sensibly about this topic. But posters like max, spouting shit just purely to push buttons, annoy me to no end.

And its 100% not me being pissy because I live in a suburb, I'm pissy about the lazy stereotyping itt. And I don't believe I'm the only one.

u should move to the city, u'd get a thicker skin

what the fuck is your problem?

How about instead of telling everyone to get a thicker skin, you stop being an asshole?

i dont have a problem, my neighborhood has a walkscore of 92

I'm proud of you.

mine has a walkscore of 69, maybe you should think of the compromises you could make to live in a place with a hilarious walkscore like that.

Seriously max, I want to hash this out. How have I ever offended you? You came into this thread this morning specifically to fuck with me and goad me on? Why?

How awesome is it to walk your groceries home?

dude, you came into this thread this morning to fuck with yourself, im just along for the ride

Do you have to make multiple trips?

"Today'll have to be Milk Day, I guess..."

Postin' up on the ave with a 24-pack of toilet paper on your shoulder. "Hey, Ladies!"

grocery store is a block away!

max, this isn't a good look :(

living in the city and shopping for groceries is actually totally easy--i promise--literally millions of people do it every day

I was getting burned out from constantly hearing the people above me below me and beside me, getting woken up everytime the guy upstairs came home at 2 in the morning, every time he had a row with his girlfriend, etc etc.

This seems like a result of poor construction or poor planning/design more than "cities, as a thing"? Agree that it would be a drag!

haha okay okay ill stop fucking with the guy who told me he wished i had cancer cause i called him sensitive

A) I took that back, that was not something I should have said.
B) You were fucking with me well before that, hoping to extract that exact reaction.

I'm just pissed at myself for falling into yr trap.

it would be a bad idea to c/p like 30 posts from here to "posts very much in character", right

homie literally the first thing i said on this thread was "people from the suburbs are sensitive"

I have 4 very large grocery stores within a 4 min walk of me fwiw as well ad countless speciality shops and bodegas. really easy.

as

Postin' up on the ave with a 24-pack of toilet paper on your shoulder.

Where did you go for this, Costco? I buy 4 rolls at a time, tyvm.

homie literally the first thing i said on this thread was "people from the suburbs are sensitive"

Right, then your next post specifically referred to me by name, so, try again.

It's way cheaper to buy that much. Also no, not at Costco. Just regular old supermarket.