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Originally Posted by Mr.Sippi
Just hang on for a few months, im sure there will be more Bojangles, Wal-Marts, Quiznos, and Olive Gardens... a practical ParadisoSuburbia
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Ha ha...
The other day, I went out for awhile, to wash my car, and then took a quick spin... and when I came home my wife asked me... "Where were you...?"
"Oh, nowhere..." I replied. And then I thought for a moment.... and then kinda laughed, because it actually
did feel as if I just drove around...and through... nowhere. Hmm.... I had just returned home... from nowhere. What a moment of deep thought, I had just experienced.
Like the old saying goes, "Everywhere you go, there you are..." But, of course, if you are in a place that feels like nowhere, such as the Charlotte suburbs (and many other plastic places in America) it's all the more bizarre. Maybe this is the one saving grace about being here. The suburban sprawl of modern America is such an enigma... wrapped up inside a riddle.
But luckily, there are plenty of Pizza Huts and OutBack Steakhouses, whatever, etc., to keep you sustained as you try to understand that riddle/enigma... until you can move out... if, of course, that is what you so desire. [as the U2 song "Desire" reverberates around my head... I can hear the lyrics now.... "Lover, I'm on the street... gonna go where Taco Bell and CVS meet..."]
Ya know, I would love to hear Clay Aiken do a cover of that song, with those embellished lyrics. It would be so NC for the year 2007, no? Maybe it could become the state's or even better - the Charlotte area's theme song? Man, what a marketing gimmick that could be. "Desire" to move here, Clay Aiken, shopping, driving, subdivisions with names like "Deer Crescent Run", cell phones, more shopping.... mmmm... gimme gimmee gimmeee! This place would be about 20 million in 2 years. Easy. And this forum itself would explode even more, as well............... completely over-jammed with people who have handles like "NYMom0f7", "MovinToNCparadise" or "CookieCutter4ME". Ahh... I can see it now. Oh wait, I already do. But imagine it all X 10? Party time!
Well... anyways... getting back on track here, ahem (sorry)... For myself, or anyone else who values a sense of place, character or culture - This area can be quite surreal. A surrealness that I can imagine might only be matched if you sniffed some paint thinner while watching an old episode of Lawrence Welk. Yes, I think that highly of it all here.
PS: Just out of curiosity, does anyone know a hardware store around that sells cheap turpentine in bulk? Thanks in advance.
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