Re:The Suburban Uncanny
by kachurovskiy on Sunday June 16, 2019 @10:36AM
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This is so out of touch with most of the world's population. In post-soviet world having a tiny 1 bedroom apartment on 10th floor with yard overrun with parked cars is the best middle class can hope for. Even in the western Europe having an American-sized garage is almost outside of reach of the row house owner. A large lot with a 4br house and a double garage is such a far away dream for most families.
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I've lived in both tiny apartments and suburban homes and I can tell you the former is much more desirable. This can be evidenced by the ridiculous housing prices in American cities. Suburban __homes__ are nice but they are surrounded by nothing but other suburban homes. In many cases it's not even possible to leave without a car because the only thing connecting the suburbs to the rest of the world are motorways. After a while living in these conditions take a toll, especially for the stay at home mothers the article describes.
Re:The Suburban Uncanny
by closeparen on Sunday June 16, 2019 @03:54PM
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Which might explain why Americans, with all this uniformity and expansive private space, were uniquely eager to make up stories about what must be going on behind their neighbors' facades.