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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by avn2109 on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @11:59PM (#14252939)
There's a big difference between having a country dacha as your second home and living in a gross tasteless suburb as your primary residence.

The presence of all the other people ruins the dacha vibe.

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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by taway_1212 on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @04:49AM (#14254029)
> gross tasteless suburb

Wow, what you describe as gross tasteless suburb is I imagine a dream come true for 90% of world population.

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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by Arizhel on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @12:49PM (#14257547)
Only because they haven't actually lived in it yet. It's one of those things that looks great at first glance, but only after actually living it for a while do you realize what a dystopian hell it is.
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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by Turing_Machine on Thursday May 04, 2017 @10:27AM (#14265042)
"Only because they haven't actually lived in it yet."

There are multiple generations of people who have willingly lived in suburbs.

I repeat: their tastes are not the same as yours.

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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by Turing_Machine on Thursday May 04, 2017 @10:24AM (#14265026)
"living in a gross tasteless suburb as your primary residence"

People buy houses in those "gross, tasteless suburbs" by choice. No one is putting a gun to their head.

Their tastes are not yours.

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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by mirimir on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @12:58AM (#14253165)
Actually, many dachas are at McMansion density or higher.
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