Re:How to know if where you live is “up and coming”: fried c...
by ryandrake on Thursday October 15, 2015 @11:48AM
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...or the fact that there are cars parked on the street vs not.
I've lived in poor suburban neighborhoods and generally, the poorer the neighborhood, the more cars were parked on the street. I've lived in neighborhoods that looked like used car lots! Poorer neighborhoods tend to have more houses without garages. And in neighborhoods that have garages, the poorer families tend to use their garages as extra bedrooms, workshops, meth labs, basically anything BUT storing cars.
Note, this stereotype probably only works in the suburbs, because in urban areas, every potential parking spot is filled with a car by default.
I've lived in poor suburban neighborhoods and generally, the poorer the neighborhood, the more cars were parked on the street. I've lived in neighborhoods that looked like used car lots! Poorer neighborhoods tend to have more houses without garages. And in neighborhoods that have garages, the poorer families tend to use their garages as extra bedrooms, workshops, meth labs, basically anything BUT storing cars.
Note, this stereotype probably only works in the suburbs, because in urban areas, every potential parking spot is filled with a car by default.