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Author:  Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:30 am ]
Post subject:  The Suburbs!
Garages!
Lawns!
Less terrible smells!
Less corruption!
You don't have to put a folding chair out to protect your snow cleared spot!
You can actually think about sending your kids to public school!
Less taxes!
Two car garages!
Costco!
Cities have cheap hotels on Priceline or Hotwire for when you want to get that Big City feeling!
Less homeless people threatening to beat the daylights out of you!
Coopers Hawk!
Three car garages!
Trees exist in more than just designated zoned areas!
Free parking!
Hey, we've got trains too!
Bigger houses!
Less random road closures!
When it's cold, I don't have to walk 10 blocks in it for Chipotle!
When it's raining, I don't have to walk 10 blocks in it for Chipotle!
When it's hot, I don't have to walk 10 blocks in it for Chipotle!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34u_3Z9_LUw
Author:  Crystal Lake Hoffy [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Also there is less of a chance of ice falling on your head when you are walking to work in winter.
Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Don't forget, all white people...except for THOSE suburbs
Author:  Douchebag [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Didn't Rick move to NYC?
Author:  Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Douchebag wrote:
Didn't Rick move to NYC?
I'm still rockin the suburbs here.

Just spent a great weekend in Manhattan though. $99 to stay for the night!
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
good dolphin wrote:
Don't forget, all white people...except for THOSE suburbs

Right.

No dark people
No stupid museums
No gay ass art galleries
No ridiculous historical architecture
No el trains that run every 8 minutes (We'll take the metra once an hour)
No stupid pro sports stadiums
No uppitty restaurants (Coopers Hawk)
Author:  Douchebag [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Can we at least agree that people that live in the country are idiots?
Author:  Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
rogers park bryan wrote:
No dark people
Anyone who has been to Chicago knows this is just as true inside the city.
rogers park bryan wrote:
No stupid museums
No gay ass art galleries
No ridiculous historical architecture
I still have access to those. Are you going to art galleries two times a week?
rogers park bryan wrote:
No el trains that run every 8 minutes (We'll take the metra once an hour)
My car runs even faster than that, and I don't have to stand on a platform for 5 minutes waiting for it!
rogers park bryan wrote:
No stupid pro sports stadiums
Not yet.
rogers park bryan wrote:
No uppitty restaurants (Coopers Hawk)
Let's not go crazy here. I'm pretty sure Chicago has a Rainforest Cafe, Hard Rock, and McDonalds all right next to each other.
Author:  Kirkwood [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
rogers park bryan wrote:
No dark people

Quote:
A report from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research found that while Chicago has experienced significant decline in racial segregation in the past decade, it still remains the most segregated city in the United States. The Sun-Times reports the study, conducted by professors from Harvard and Duke, both fellows at a conservative think tank, examined data dating all the way back to 1890 and found that cities in America are more integrated than any time since 1910. The report also found that “all white neighborhoods are effectively extinct.”

Chicago saw the second largest decline in segregation, trailing Houston. Gentrification, African Americans moving to the suburbs, better credit access and fair housing laws were given credit for the decline.

http://chicagoist.com/2012/01/31/chicago_is_still_americas_most_segr.php
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Garages!
Lawns!

Chicago has both in tremendous numbers

Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Less terrible smells!

Not really

Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Less corruption!

Case by case basis.


Boilermaker Rick wrote:
You don't have to put a folding chair out to protect your snow cleared spot

Yes, you do. Or you could lose it.

Boilermaker Rick wrote:
You can actually think about sending your kids to public school!

Some of the best schools in the state are chicago public schools
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Less taxes!
Two car garages!

Taxes is not always true and man you LOVE garages

Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Costco!
Cities have cheap hotels on Priceline or Hotwire for when you want to get that Big City feeling!

Cities have costcos

Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Less homeless people threatening to beat the daylights out of you!

What are you? Wuss?

Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Coopers Hawk!
Three car garages!
Trees exist in more than just designated zoned areas!
Free parking!
Hey, we've got trains too!
Bigger houses!
Less random road closures!
When it's cold, I don't have to walk 10 blocks in it for Chipotle!
When it's raining, I don't have to walk 10 blocks in it for Chipotle!
When it's hot, I don't have to walk 10 blocks in it for Chipotle!

Road closures are way more random and unannounced in the suburbs
Trees grow in the city
Suburbs charge for parking stickers
Houses? Kidding?
Chipotle sucks.


So....number of garages is pretty much your whole case
Author:  Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:06 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
You clearly know nothing about the suburbs.
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
No dark people
Anyone who has been to Chicago knows this is just as true inside the city.

This is a joke. It has to be.
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
No stupid museums
No gay ass art galleries
No ridiculous historical architecture
I still have access to those. Are you going to art galleries two times a week?

I go a few times a year. You dont have access to any decent museums.
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
No el trains that run every 8 minutes (We'll take the metra once an hour)
My car runs even faster than that, and I don't have to stand on a platform for 5 minutes waiting for it!

Enjoy the DUI

Boilermaker Rick wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
No stupid pro sports stadiums
Not yet.
rogers park bryan wrote:
No uppitty restaurants (Coopers Hawk)
Let's not go crazy here. I'm pretty sure Chicago has a Rainforest Cafe, Hard Rock, and McDonalds all right next to each other.

Im having a hard time telling if you're serious here.
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
You clearly know nothing about the suburbs.

I grew up mixed. Half city, half burb. I am THE authority.


But, no, suburbs arent terrible. They are great for certain kinds of people.
Author:  Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
rogers park bryan wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
You clearly know nothing about the suburbs.

I grew up mixed. Half city, half burb. I am THE authority.


But, no, suburbs arent terrible. They are great for certain kinds of people.
You honestly said the only benefit is larger garages.

Not even worth responding to you then.
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
You clearly know nothing about the suburbs.

I grew up mixed. Half city, half burb. I am THE authority.


But, no, suburbs arent terrible. They are great for certain kinds of people.
You honestly said the only benefit is larger garages.

Not even worth responding to you then.

How many years did you live in Chicago?
Author:  JORR [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
You clearly know nothing about the suburbs.

I grew up mixed. Half city, half burb. I am THE authority.


But, no, suburbs arent terrible. They are great for certain kinds of people.
You honestly said the only benefit is larger garages.

Not even worth responding to you then.


Well, you did mention garages and/or parking at least three times in your Shoutout. It seems that where to put your car(s) is a big issue for you.
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
I cant even tell if Rick is joking or not. So if that's the idea of the post...Well Done.
Author:  Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
You clearly know nothing about the suburbs.

I grew up mixed. Half city, half burb. I am THE authority.


But, no, suburbs arent terrible. They are great for certain kinds of people.
You honestly said the only benefit is larger garages.

Not even worth responding to you then.


Well, you did mention garages and/or parking at least three times in your Shoutout. It seems that where to put your car(s) is a big issue for you.
Yeah, I was clearly joking about including 1 car, 2 car, and 3 car garages.

You city folk are a sensitive bunch.
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
You city folk are a sensitive bunch.


Boilermaker Rick wrote:
You honestly said the only benefit is larger garages.

Not even worth responding to you then.
Author:  Crystal Lake Hoffy [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
The suburbs do have the whole heroin and meth problem.
Author:  Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
rogers park bryan wrote:
I cant even tell if Rick is joking or not. So if that's the idea of the post...Well Done.
It's both, but there have been a lot of bad thoughts about living in the suburbs on this board lately.

You had another one to add to it too!
Author:  NearWessSideHussra [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
and yet somehow the suburbs feel like Death's Waiting Room. I'll take the inner city or hunt/fish/roam naked in your back 80 while blasting your music as loud as you want country over the flippin' burbs. Image

But at least suburbs can look down on "exurbs". The drive-until-you-qualify exurbs--all the amenities of the country with none of the freedom. Exurbs: no balls. At least folks in the suburbs are getting some city-proximity and amenities for voluntarily moving into America's take on Foucault's panopticon.
Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Douchebag wrote:
Can we at least agree that people that live in the country are idiots?
Yes. RFDC is an idiot. :P
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
So, were at the point where we really are arguing city vs suburbs living as if one is right and one is wrong?


Im gonna check out of that debate. I like both.
Author:  Darkside [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Does lakemoor qualify as a suburb or is it far enough out in the middle of nowhere to just be on its own?
Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Kirkwood wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
No dark people

Quote:
A report from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research found that while Chicago has experienced significant decline in racial segregation in the past decade, it still remains the most segregated city in the United States. The Sun-Times reports the study, conducted by professors from Harvard and Duke, both fellows at a conservative think tank, examined data dating all the way back to 1890 and found that cities in America are more integrated than any time since 1910. The report also found that “all white neighborhoods are effectively extinct.”

Chicago saw the second largest decline in segregation, trailing Houston. Gentrification, African Americans moving to the suburbs, better credit access and fair housing laws were given credit for the decline.

http://chicagoist.com/2012/01/31/chicago_is_still_americas_most_segr.php


Time to head for the exurbs!
Author:  Kirkwood [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
rogers park bryan wrote:
So, were at the point where we really are arguing city vs suburbs living as if one is right and one is wrong?


Im gonna check out of that debate. I like both.

Well, it is interesting how much city dwellers look down upon suburbanites.
Author:  JORR [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Kirkwood wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
So, were at the point where we really are arguing city vs suburbs living as if one is right and one is wrong?


Im gonna check out of that debate. I like both.

Well, it is interesting how much city dwellers look down upon suburbanites.


And vice versa.
Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
NWI is a suburb.
Author:  Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Suburbs!
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Kirkwood wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
So, were at the point where we really are arguing city vs suburbs living as if one is right and one is wrong?


Im gonna check out of that debate. I like both.

Well, it is interesting how much city dwellers look down upon suburbanites.


And vice versa.
Who are all these people look down on city dwellers?

In this thread alone, we've been called racist, scared, and having terrible taste. It's a common theme.

Oh, but someone thinks houses and yards are smaller in the city! How do you handle such a stigma?
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