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I'll take city living any day. Living in the suburbs is like living in a cemetery, only instead of rows of granite headstones that all look alike, it's rows or town houses or cookie cutter homes. The only signs of life are when someone charges up the lawnmower/leaf blower/snow blower, or the barking dogs.
I live in Oakland but my sister, her husband and 4 kids live in Moraga-a really rich suburb on the other side of the hill. Anyway she and her husband are in North Carolina attending to his ailing mother while I am watching their kids--which means I take her son(16) to football practice yesterday. Anyway, I sat in the bleachers where some of the parents were and seemed are sooooo shallow, materialistic and vain. All they talk about is tanning beds, expensive cars and jewelry, whose boinking who, plastic surgery and their home renovation nightmares.
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Originally Posted by Coolhand68
I'll take city living any day. Living in the suburbs is like living in a cemetery, only instead of rows of granite headstones that all look alike, it's rows or town houses or cookie cutter homes. The only signs of life are when someone charges up the lawnmower/leaf blower/snow blower, or the barking dogs.
That's far from the truth. I have tons of people walking around in the neighborhood. There are 2 playgrounds within 2 blocks of me, and any time of the day you can find at least 10 kids playing on them. I have as many people walking on the sidewalk in front of my house as I did when I lived in the city.
I'll take city living any day. Living in the suburbs is like living in a cemetery, only instead of rows of granite headstones that all look alike, it's rows or town houses or cookie cutter homes. The only signs of life are when someone charges up the lawnmower/leaf blower/snow blower, or the barking dogs.
Hmm. I live in the suburbs. The houses next to me look nothing alike, nor do any on our street. Weird.
That's far from the truth. I have tons of people walking around in the neighborhood. There are 2 playgrounds within 2 blocks of me, and any time of the day you can find at least 10 kids playing on them. I have as many people walking on the sidewalk in front of my house as I did when I lived in the city.
No it's not far from the truth, not in the suburbs I've lived in, especially the newer ones. Some of the older suburbs have more variety and a little more activity, but for the most part, you need to drive everywhere to get anywhere. I prefer the convenience of the city myself.
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