Suburbia

Turning a Blind Eye to Underage Drinking

Linda Flanagan | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Robert Turrisi, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Alcohol Abuse, Suburbia, Underage Drinking, Madd, Vaporizers, Parents News

Just as Twitter and Facebook enabled young revolutionaries to gather together for instant protests, social media has helped modern kids mobilize promptly against snooping grown-ups.

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Making The Suburbs Sexy

| Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: The American Dream, Video, Suburbia, Architecture, Mixed Use Shopping, Suburban Architecture, Suburban Mixed Use, The Living Market, Culture News

By Vanessa Quirk Click here for original article. The Living Market, a plan to redevelop vacant land to create a Marketplace of community space,...

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How To Save Suburbia

| Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Less Driving, Suburbia, Urban Planning, Architecture, Detroit, Cars, Suburban Architecture, New Urbanism, Saving Suburbia, City Planning, Culture News

By Vanessa Quirk Click here for original article. Copyright Flickr User CC tango_28 Poverty and violence, boarded windows and weedy lawns...

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Design For Suburbia's Forgotten Citizens

| Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Suburbs, Video, Suburbia, Design, Design for the Suburbs, Suburban Poor, Suburbs Architecture, Saving Suburbia, Suburban Design, Culture News

By Vanessa Quirk (click here for original article) Poverty and violence, boarded windows and weedy lawns, immigrants jammed “by the dozen into h...

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Home Sellers Push Back

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Attorneys, Lawyers, New York Real Estate, Real Estate Appraisals, Home Sales, Homeowners, Contract Negotiations, Real Estate, Home Buyers, Mortgages, Long Island, NY Real Estate Market, Suburbia, Home Prices, NY Real Estate, Home Sellers, New York News

The undercurrent of disgruntlement running through residential real estate these days is decidedly different. Like the flowers that bloomed early, a number of sellers are trying to burst out of the basement and make their way above ground.

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Defining Your Own Chaos

Kristal Brent Zook | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Suburbs, Manhattan, Living in New York, Long Island, Suburbia, Midtown West, Renting, Couples, Women News

"Why not leave the city?" we asked ourselves. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Get some fresh air. A yard. A real house. It would shorten my commute to Hofstra University out on the Island, and of course, we would be saving all that money.

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The Grand Finale: Fashion Week for Suburban Dads

Dan Zevin | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Dan Zevin, Land's End, Suburbia, Style, Men's Health, Dan Gets a Minivan, Fatherhood, Ll Bean, Esquire Magazine, Fashion Week, Comedy, Style News

Nobody is going to look better on this Fashion Week Friday than suburban dads. Why? FLEECE. On Monday through Thursday, we're all business in our buttoned-up clearance clothes from Banana Republic. But by the end of the work week, it's time to TGIF. Thank God It's Fleece Day.

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Pornography for Mommies

Julie Gerstenblatt | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Literature, Pornography, E.L. James, Marriage, 50 Shades of Grey, Relationships, Suburbia, Erotica, Kindle, Humor, Sex, Comedy News

I heard about this book from a friend, who spoke in hushed tones over the tops of her children's heads as we waited in line for tables one Sunday at the local diner. That's how you know a book is really dirty, by the way, because of the hushed tones.

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The Undercover Mother

Deborah Gaines | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Suburbs, Middle Class America, Suburbia, Single Parents, Mothering, Middle Class, Motherhood, Parenting, Mothers, Fifty News

Here in the suburbs, I meet middle-aged people who feel they've sacrificed their "real" selves for a deadening life of Subarus and softball practice. Frankly, I can't relate to these complaints. Take it from someone who knows: It's not that hard to stay poor or make stupid decisions about your relationships.

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Middle Class Masquerade

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: New York Home Prices, Attorneys, Housing Market, Economy, Economic Crisis, Home Sales, Real Estate, Business, Suburban Poverty, New York, Home Buyers, Suburbia, Real Estate Attorney, Home Prices, Homeownership, Business Failure, New York Real Estate, NY Real Estate, New York News

The home seller sobbed when she heard her real estate transaction fell through. "I've got to get out of here," she let me know for the umpteenth time. "I can't keep pretending to be middle class."

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Suburban Residents Enraged By 'Thinly Veiled' Critique Of Their Parenting In New Book

Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: California, Suburbia, Parenting Books, Swankville, Pleasanton, Helicopter Parenting, Living in Suburbs, Parents News

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Oh no, she didn't! Local mother Siah Fried, 40, compiled her anecdotal essays of kids, school, scouts and sports -- in short,...

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"Everyone Is Hurting:" In American Suburbs, Poverty Soars

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Suburbs, U.S. Economy, Poverty, Unemployment, Suburbia, Unemployment Assistance, Economic Hardship, Employment, American Families, Suburban Poverty, Colorado, Business News

EDGEWATER, Colo. -- Before the unraveling, Selena Blanco and her family felt secure in their hold on middle class life in this bedroom community just ...

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Take Me Home Tonight: Eddie Money's Baby Boomer Playlist

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Baby Boomers, Levittown, Suburbia, Eddie Money Levittown, Eddie Money, Baby Boomer Generation, Baby Boom, Eddie Money Baby Boomers, New York, Fifty News

For our series on the Baby Boomer generation and Levittown, N.Y., we asked Eddie Money, who grew up in the town playing school dances and went on to r...

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Levittown: The Baby Boomer Story As Told By The Children Of America's First Suburb

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Long Island, Levittown History, Levittown, Baby Boomers, The 70s, Suburbia, The 60s, Suburb History, Vietnam War, Corrections, Steve Bergsman, Baby Boom Generation, Eddie Money, Vietnam, New York, Fifty News

In 1946, a developer named William Levitt began buying up land from potato farmers in the Long Island town of Hempstead, N.Y., and within a few years ...

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Long Live... Suburbia!

Tanja M. Laden | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Suburbia, Slidepollajax, Suburbs, Suburban Life, Books News

The kids in Live... Suburbia! all know what it's like to be raised in a community that's neither rural nor urban, but a world unto itself.

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American Dream Still Includes Home Ownership, But Not McMansions

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Trulia, Home Owners, Baby Boomers, Housing Sector, Housing Prices, Housing Market, Suburbia, American Dream, Real Estate, Home Ownership, Renters, Generation Y, Cities, Video, Business News

Americans have been skittish about buying new houses since the collapse of the real estate bubble. But they remain committed to the idea of home owner...

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Arcade Fire Delivers The Sermon On The Mount

Michael Gilmour | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Arcade Fire, Bible, Suburbia, The Suburbs, Neon Bible, Sermon on the Mount, Sacred Sounds, Scripture Commentary, Arcade Fire Album of the Year, Arcade Fire and Scripture, Arcade Fire the Suburbs, Arcade Fire Sermon on the Mount, Religion News

Arcade Fire's The Suburbs is an example of lyricists using biblical intertexts for artistic, not confessional purposes. Ideas from the Sermon on the Mount lurk in the background of the album.

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When My Parents Were Help to The Help

Mark Olmsted | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Suburbia, Rockville-Maryland, "The Help" Mothers, Poverty, Foster Care, Maids, The 60s, Black Women, The Help, The Help Movie, Culture News

We had two cleaning ladies, Mary and Nancy, a pair of sisters who alternated their weekly visits. One day, Nancy came to work in tears, unable not to cry in front of my mother. "They gonna take Mary's kids away," she sobbed.

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Are You A City Mouse Or A Country Mouse?

Bant Breen | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Suburbia, New York City, Leaving City, City Life, City vs. Suburb, Moving to Suburbs, Suburban Life, Healthy Living News

While I like city living, the challenges of urban family life weaken my resolve. City living may be better in many respects, but does it offer better value for money?

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Rich & Tacky in the Suburbs Is a Design Style?

Courtney Cachet | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Home Decor, Suburbia, Interior Design, Courtney Cachet, Decorating, Design, Tacky Interior Design, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Style News

Like anything in keeping fresh, the line between tacky and trendy can become a delicate dance to the untrained person, no matter your resources. Make sure to do a heavy amount of research to guide your interior design ideas.

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Can Architects Fix The Suburbs?

David Glick | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Surburbs, Droog, City Design, Renny Ramaker, New York City, Design, Architecture, City, Tribeca, Attention Clinic, Monty Python, City Planning, Levittown, Surburban, Suburbia, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Museums, Domesticity, American Dream, Arts News

On a rainy Saturday in April, black clad city dwellers descended onto the quiet streets of Levittown, NY. Completely out of their element, and disori...

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Why America Slept

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Empire, Apocalypse, Save the World, Natural Disasters, Entertainment, Bombs, Militarism, Media, Stream of Conscious, Existential, Culture, Mass Extinctions, Privatizing, Consumerism, Tsunami, Reverend Billy Talen, Humanism, Suburbia, Revolution, Climate Change, White Privilege, Gadget, Ecological Disaster, Technology, Epitaph, Disaster Capitalism, American Dream, Impact News

America was sleeping deeply, in a dream whose creators were hiding inside skyscrapers with smoked glass.

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Undercut Thy Neighbor

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Estate Transactions, Home Buyers, Suburbia, Home Sellers, Homeowners, NY Real Estate, Existing Home Sales, Real Estate, Home Sales, New York News

If there's a news report soon about a formerly nice suburban neighborhood morphing into a home-selling battlefield, I may have to take a bit of the blame.

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Am I Better Than Facebook?

Claire Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Facebook me is better than actual me. Smarter, wittier, funner, prettier. But does Facebook, as a platform, reduce the richness of my personhood? Absolutely.

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'Suburban Nation'

Jeff Speck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Public Schools, House, Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Housing Market, Suburbia, Chicago Suburbs, Housing, Suburban, National Infrastructure, Slidepollajax, Sprawl, The Suburbs, Housing Crisis, Urban Sprawl, Books News

But now, a preference has become a mandate, as sprawl has quietly been identified as a central cause behind a growing list of mounting national crises including foreign oil dependency, climate change, and the obesity epidemic.

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