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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I live in the burbs. I live in the town my wife grew up in, and near a lot of her family, and that's why I live in the burbs. But there is one thing that will never be fixed in the burbs.
They are full of suburbanites. Everywhere you look, there is another fucking suburbanite.
These people do their kids homework for them, because they care how they do not what they learn. They compare shit endlessly. Homes, cars, snowblowers, boob jobs. Who they know. Who they want to know. What they watch on TV. And they all seem to have been made at the same factory.
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In college I tutored maths. When I tutored white suburban kids, the moms wanted to make sure I oversaw/did the homework. I tutored a 5th grade black girl in the heart of Lansing (not big city, but urban in any definition you might throw out). Her mom wanted me to do the homework. If you don't think average people in the average city don't compare phones/shoes/clothes, you simply don't know people in cities.
Reading through all of this, I can summarize as follows: Thurgreeds points, and some of Sebby's (Uber? That actually makes the burbs closer to a city, but whatever) are accurate AS TO THEIR CITIES. Detroit for decades had an 8 Mile road imaginary barrier. White people did not venture in for entertainment much. The suburbs here had better restaurants until the last 5 years. Immense changes have happened, and Detroit is a great restaurant city now.
But the thing with Detroit, and DC (due to Metro) is getting into the city is easy. I live at 10 mile Road. I can be in Detroit Midtown after a 10 minute drive. From Alexandria Va. I can be in DC within a half hour.
I don't know about Boston/Suburbs, but you can't get from one Philly suburb to another in a half hour. The entire suburban area is fucked with traffic. And I have no idea how one gets to NYC's suburbs. I stay in the city when I have meetings in Hartford. I don't try to drive. I have someone drive me. We are going against traffic and it is super fucked up. No way would i make that commute.
So, Apples/Oranges.
All that said, for me my favorite place to stay is the UWS. I can get to the street and walk to almost everything I want to do every day. If not there is the subway. And the best part of every day's experience (and ofter the worst) is that walk/ride. That's why it is strange to hear about delivery being a plus? Perhaps T is getting sick of the crowds, and will be scouting out New Jersey homes in the near future?
