OT? Suburbia, was Re: [bomp] it's kind of a flaccid thing in our land...

[<blairb@xxxxxxx>]

Me:
>> See, this is where email falls flat.  I mean, it sure sounds like 
>> sarcasm. I mean, most people don't go to the suburbs looking for 
>> diversity.   But that doesn't make them bad places.

John:
> Point taken. I grew up in a suburb and live in one today , too, and I 
> enjoy them for all the reasons you mention below, especially the rehearsal 
> space. And Maynard is getting more and more Brazilian all the time. But 
> one drawback for me is that I can't walk down the street here without 
> feeling, well, weird, frankly.
    Is it a question of your outward appearance or that you don't identify 
with what you see around you?  I don't walk much around here, but that's 
'cuz there's not much to see.  When I lived in Rutherford  - a place I 
preferred, but I couldn't afford to buy a house there - I walked more.

> Maybe it's just me, but around here, I feel like I'm supposed to be either 
> in my house or in my car. I mean, look how the culture has made the word 
> "pedestrian" a pejorative term.
    Hmm... I suppose that depends on where you live and/or who you talk to. 
I live near NYC, where most people walk.  Those are the people I spend most 
of my time with.  Them and the students I teach, only some of whom are old 
enough to have their driver's licenses.

- BB 

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