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Originally Posted by BCTed
You can't think of any positive aspects to suburban life. Fine. If everyone was of the same opinion as you, then there would be no such thing as a suburb. But there clearly are people who choose to live in suburbs, and I believe that the items I listed ("false" or not) are some of the reasons for that choice.
If my entire list is so invalid and laughable, then perhaps you can tell me what it is that compels people to purchase suburban homes.
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I have no clue, but I'm assuming advertising.
We're all suckers for the cute Leave it to Beaver family photos with snazzy slogans like "leave the city behind on Beaver Creek" or "Eagles Nest awaits you with nature at every turn".
Of course, the usual development consists of identical townhomes built to fall apart in less than 50 years. And of course, there is no difference between developments and no nature to be found in either Beaver Creek or Eagles Nest.
I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure that developers usually name their projects for whatever they've just paved over or killed - Meadowlands (long gone), Eagles Nest (only dead or displaced ones) etc.....
Someone just said it above - creeping conformity.
Our society spends way to much time watching TV and have allowed our minds to be shaped by the blather of the advertisers and corporations. They tell us what we like and we all walk to the store and buy it.