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Denny's: Manhattan Grand Slam

Andrew J. Lederer | Posted 04.04.2013 | New York
Read More: Sandwiches, Food News, Manhattan, French Dip, Diners, America, Chain Restaurants, Hudson River, Denny's, New York, Skillet, Breakfast, Highways, New Jersey, Suburbia, Comedy News, New York News
Andrew J. Lederer

That there were no Denny's in New York, even more than the absence of, say, Wal-Mart, was emblematic of our singularity. Now, there will be Denny's in Manhattan. Displaced Idahoans are dancing merrily. But how will we know when we're in America?

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Shocking Number Of Suburban Residents Are Living In Poverty

CNBC | Allison Linn | Posted 03.26.2013 | Business
Read More: Suburbs, Unemployed, Poverty, Unemployment, Suburbia, Economy, Underemployment, Economic Recovery, American Suburbs, Recession, Video, Business News

CNBC: Like many Americans who move to the suburbs, Tara Simons came to West Hartford, Conn., because she wanted her daughter to grow up in a nice, s...

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Looking for Suburbia

Jessica Yang | Posted 05.11.2013 | Teen
Read More: Small Town Living, Living in a Small Town, Suburbia, Living in New York City, Moving to New York City, Living-in-Suburbia, Teen News
Jessica Yang

There's a cliché that says that you don't know what you've lost until you've lost it. I'm about to graduate high school and I'll leave the town that I've lived in for most of my life behind. For the first time, I feel sadness -- not the sense of relief I thought I'd be feeling.

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15 Tips to Help Moms Survive in the Suburbs

Jenny Isenman | Posted 01.20.2013 | Parents
Read More: Funny, Jenny From the Blog, Rules of Survival, Humor, Handbook, Suburgatory, The Suburban Jungle, List, Mom Blogs, Mom Bloggers, Stepford Wives, Suburbia, Guide, Parody, Jenny Isenman, Top 10 List, Suburbs, Parents News
Jenny Isenman

Nearly a decade ago, I moved to the suburbs from NYC. In that time I've learned some pretty important things to ensure my survival, nay, my sanity.

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How Cars Drove the American Dream to Nowhere, U.S.A.

The Crimson White | Posted 09.18.2012 | College
Read More: Traffic, Energy, Walking, Highways, Suburbia, Public Transportation, Cars, Pollution, America, Transportation, College News
The Crimson White

In my opinion America's infatuation with cars has produced an even more devastating consequence: the degradation and demoralization of civic life in our towns and cities.

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Turning a Blind Eye to Underage Drinking

Linda Flanagan | Posted 07.23.2012 | Parents
Read More: Robert Turrisi, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Alcohol Abuse, Suburbia, Underage Drinking, Madd, Vaporizers, Parents News
Linda Flanagan

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

2012-02-16-archdailyreal.jpg | Posted 05.03.2012 | Home
Read More: The American Dream, Video, Suburbia, Architecture, Mixed Use Shopping, Suburban Architecture, Suburban Mixed Use, The Living Market, Home 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

2012-02-16-archdailyreal.jpg | Posted 05.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Less Driving, Suburbia, Urban Planning, Architecture, Detroit, Cars, Suburban Architecture, New Urbanism, Saving Suburbia, City Planning, Home 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

2012-02-16-archdailyreal.jpg | Posted 05.07.2012 | Home
Read More: Suburbs, Video, Suburbia, Design, Design for the Suburbs, Suburban Poor, Suburbs Architecture, Saving Suburbia, Suburban Design, Home 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 | New York
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
Lita Smith-Mines

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

"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 | Style
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
Dan Zevin

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

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

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 | New York
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
Lita Smith-Mines

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 | Parents
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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Peter S. Goodman

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 09.25.2012 | Business
Read More: Suburbs, U.S. Economy, Unemployment, Poverty, Suburbia, Unemployment Assistance, Employment, Economic Hardship, American Families, Firsthand, 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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Saki Knafo

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 12.02.2011 | Fifty
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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Saki Knafo

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 12.02.2011 | Fifty
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 | Books
Read More: Suburbia, Slidepollajax, Suburbs, Suburban Life, Books News
Tanja M. Laden

2011-09-21-Screenshot20110921at3.31.42PM.jpg 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 | Business
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 | Religion
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
Michael Gilmour

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

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

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

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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