[Darren McCarty]

What does that song go...”We’re from the country, and we like it that way!”

[buccaneer81]

I live in a subdivision with an association. I hate chainlink. I don't want to look at chainlink. Thanks to the asssociation, I don't have to look at chainlink.

If that makes me a snob, so be it. I knew before I closed on my property what restrictions I would be facing. I agreed to the terms, and I'm satisfied.

[PA Engineer]

You just recently joined to post this?

[elmer fudd]

I hate suburbs. They have most of the crime and social problems of the city without the shops, restaurants, culture or convenience of living near your job. They have less freedom than either the city or the country and housing there often costs more than either one.

Given my choice, I'd live out in BFE, but if I have to be around other people I'll take a city neighborhood where I'm within half a mile of dozens of unique stores and restaurants and no one will say anything about it if I park a commercial truck in my driveway and I can paint my house or landscape my property any way I please.

[budwiesest]

Dude, with rising gas prices (now just below $4/gal) the suburbs may become a thing of the past.

Prediction: inner city dwellings hold value while many 'burb homes go vacant. People will seek residences nearer their jobs and other ammenities, and by cutting the commute- give themselves a 'raise'. The 'commute' factor will be as much a part of a moving decision as how many bathrooms in the home.

[pillut48]

“Another Pleasant Valley Sunday”
(The Monkees)

The local rock group down the street
Is trying hard to learn their song
Serenade the weekend squire, who just came out to mow his lawn

Another pleasant valley Sunday
Charcoal burning everywhere
Rows of houses that are all the same
And no one seems to care

See Mrs. Gray, she’s proud today because her roses are in bloom
Mr. Green, he’s so serene, he’s got a t.v. in every room

Another pleasant valley Sunday
Here in status symbol land
Mothers complain about how hard life is
And the kids just don’t understand

Creature comfort goals
They only numb my soul and make it hard for me to see
My thoughts all seem to stray, to places far away
I need a change of scenery

Ta ta ta...

Another pleasant valley Sunday
Charcoal burning everywhere
Another pleasant valley Sunday
Here in status symbol land

Another pleasant valley Sunday...

[fightinJAG]

After three or four instances in the first couple of sentences of “it is” being spelled as “its,” which I guess I have to point out is incorrect, I couldn’t keep reading. Sorry.

[buck jarret]

There are apartments in Kansas City, but it’s not in the same category as New York. It’s awfully suburban. Its erstwhile cornfields are now awfully suburban.

Also, society wasn’t destroyed because of shopping on Sundays. That didn’t directly cause rap music.

[rightwinggoth]

kansas city

lol

[ottbmare]

Looks like you moved to the wrong neighborhood. So did I. But when the real estate market improves a little, I’m going to move—away from places where there are homeowners’ associations. What’s your solution?

BTW, there’s a downside to not having homeowners’ associations, especially in areas where a lot of people from different national, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups live together. People have way different ideas about what constitutes proper home maintenance, and without some kind of governance you find yourself living in your well-maintained house next door to a guy who is running an excavating business and another guy who is breeding pigs. The value of your house then becomes zero. I recognize this as a risk I’m taking when I move away from the homeowners’ association.

[Larry Lucido]

For one thing, stores are all open on Sundays, so barbeques don't really take place

Sorry, not exactly seeing the connection here. Or the problem.

[Larry Lucido]

You were banned from truegalaxies.com?? After one month????

http://www.truegalaxies.com/forums/member.php?u=17631

[Skooz]

Nice.

Now tell me how to get rid of the moles who are devouring my lawn.