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Cookie cutter houses!
Aluminum siding!
Subdivisions!
Chain restaurants!
Cooper's Hawk!
Spare bedrooms filled with crap!
Pickup trucks!
On blocks in front yards!

The suburbs are great. I have always wanted my children to be afraid of people of color and tall buildings.

That avatar is simply awesome JORR

Cookie cutter housing?

Oh no, how can you live in a place where the siding and roof colors are similar until people start renovating and replacing things!

Boilermaker Rick wrote:

Oh no, how can you live in a place where the siding and roof colors are similar until people start renovating and replacing things!

Hey, man if it doesnt bother you, then you're all set.

rogers park bryan wrote:

Boilermaker Rick wrote:

Oh no, how can you live in a place where the siding and roof colors are similar until people start renovating and replacing things!

Hey, man if it doesnt bother you, then you're all set.

Who does it bother? I'm asking. I'd like to talk to someone that actually is bothered by the fact that one house looks like another house. I'd like to know why.

immessedup17 wrote:

Cookie cutter housing?

Yes, cookie cutter housing is a suburban issue

That picture you posted, the houses on both sides are different

rogers park bryan wrote:

immessedup17 wrote:

Cookie cutter housing?

Yes, cookie cutter housing is a suburban issue

That picture you posted, the houses on both sides are different

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 090315.jpg

Better?

People should live where they want to live. I really have no beef with suburbs. But most of my friends who brag about how they have "more house" than I do, just have an extra bedroom that they fill with a lot of crap. Suburbs only exist because of the cities they sprung up around. Really, they're a creation of the automobile. So it's no surprise that their denizens are so obsessed with parking.

immessedup17 wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

immessedup17 wrote:

Cookie cutter housing?

Yes, cookie cutter housing is a suburban issue

That picture you posted, the houses on both sides are different

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 090315.jpg

Better?

Look at those lawns! :lol:

immessedup17 wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

immessedup17 wrote:

Cookie cutter housing?

Yes, cookie cutter housing is a suburban issue

That picture you posted, the houses on both sides are different

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 090315.jpg

Better?

Look at those lawns! :lol:

good dolphin wrote:

The suburbs are great. I have always wanted my children to be afraid of people of color and tall buildings.

Do you live in a neighborhood that is a majority white?

Rick, Im starting to worry that you're not kidding. Who cares?

rogers park bryan wrote:

Rick, Im starting to worry that you're not kidding. Who cares?

What do you mean? There has been a lot of suburbs bashing lately. I'm sorry I made a positive thread about it.

Boilermaker Rick wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Rick, Im starting to worry that you're not kidding. Who cares?

What do you mean? There has been a lot of suburbs bashing lately. I'm sorry I made a positive thread about it.

I guess I just dont understand how one could let this kind of thing bother them.

rogers park bryan wrote:

Boilermaker Rick wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Rick, Im starting to worry that you're not kidding. Who cares?

What do you mean? There has been a lot of suburbs bashing lately. I'm sorry I made a positive thread about it.

I guess I just dont understand how one could let this kind of thing bother them.

Yeah, being called racist, uncultured, and scared is no big deal! :lol:

Location really isn't that important in itself. The important thing is to participate in the different. I find the suburbs are an insulation from the different. Sure my NWI relatives can enjoy everything the city has to offer...but they don't...and neither do their friends and neighbors.

Boilermaker Rick wrote:

good dolphin wrote:

The suburbs are great. I have always wanted my children to be afraid of people of color and tall buildings.

Do you live in a neighborhood that is a majority white?

Neighborhood? The City of Chicago is my neighborhood. I only mean that in a semi-flippant way. The population between the four major streets that surround my house is majority white. Six blocks in any direction changes that.

I live next door to people of color if that is some kind of badge of honor. Come to think of it, my block is a festival of nations of race, age and religion. I had never really thought about it until you brought this up.

The suburbs are great. I have always wanted my children to be afraid of people of color and tall buildings.

I didnt see anyone call you racist, uncultured, or scared.

No dark people
No stupid museums
No gay ass art galleries

I have always wanted my children to be afraid of people of color and tall buildings.

Author:	Rod [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:55 am ]
Post subject:	The Suburbs!
Cookie cutter houses! Aluminum siding! Subdivisions! Chain restaurants! Cooper's Hawk! Spare bedrooms filled with crap! Pickup trucks! On blocks in front yards!

Author:	rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:15 am ]
Post subject:	Re: The Suburbs!
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote: Cookie cutter houses! Aluminum siding! Subdivisions! Chain restaurants! Cooper's Hawk! Spare bedrooms filled with crap! Pickup trucks! On blocks in front yards! Cookie Cutter Houses is the only thing on that list that I truly think is a detriment. Just looks so stupid.

Author:	Crystal Lake Hoffy [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:16 am ]
Post subject:	Re: The Suburbs!
Heroin and meth.

Author:	Rod [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:18 am ]
Post subject:	Re: The Suburbs!
People should live where they want to live. I really have no beef with suburbs. But most of my friends who brag about how they have "more house" than I do, just have an extra bedroom that they fill with a lot of crap. Suburbs only exist because of the cities they sprung up around. Really, they're a creation of the automobile. So it's no surprise that their denizens are so obsessed with parking.

Author:	good dolphin [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:24 am ]
Post subject:	Re: The Suburbs!
The suburbs are great. I have always wanted my children to be afraid of people of color and tall buildings.

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Author:	Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:33 am ]
Post subject:	Re: The Suburbs!
good dolphin wrote: The suburbs are great. I have always wanted my children to be afraid of people of color and tall buildings. Do you live in a neighborhood that is a majority white?

Author:	IMU [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:52 am ]
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Cookie cutter housing?

Author:	Jaw Breaker [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:57 am ]
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That avatar is simply awesome JORR

Author:	Rod [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:03 am ]
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Jaw Breaker wrote: That avatar is simply awesome JORR

Author:	Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:17 am ]
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Oh no, how can you live in a place where the siding and roof colors are similar until people start renovating and replacing things!

Author:	Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:21 am ]
Post subject:	Re: The Suburbs!
rogers park bryan wrote: Boilermaker Rick wrote: Oh no, how can you live in a place where the siding and roof colors are similar until people start renovating and replacing things! Hey, man if it doesnt bother you, then you're all set. Who does it bother? I'm asking. I'd like to talk to someone that actually is bothered by the fact that one house looks like another house. I'd like to know why.

Author:	IMU [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:27 am ]
Post subject:	Re: The Suburbs!
rogers park bryan wrote: immessedup17 wrote: Cookie cutter housing? Yes, cookie cutter housing is a suburban issue That picture you posted, the houses on both sides are different http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 090315.jpg Better?

Author:	Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:29 am ]
Post subject:	Re: The Suburbs!
immessedup17 wrote: rogers park bryan wrote: immessedup17 wrote: Cookie cutter housing? Yes, cookie cutter housing is a suburban issue That picture you posted, the houses on both sides are different http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 090315.jpg Better? Look at those lawns!

Author:	Hatchetman [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:29 am ]
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Not so much that they are all the same, so are the city ones, but they are cheaply built. Flimsy materials. wall-to-wall carpeting emits cancer causing fumes. that sort of thing. Give me bricks, wood, and plaster. Can't go wrong with that.

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Author:	Scorehead [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:29 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote: Cookie cutter houses! [/quote] Nope. You might want to drive through a few of the old city neighborhood where every home is identical. Aluminum siding! [/quote] Not in my neighborhood. Subdivisions! [/quote] Yes. Chain restaurants! [/quote] Yes. Every chain restaurant has locations in the city too. Cooper's Hawk! [/quote] Yes! Spare bedrooms filled with crap! [/quote] Nope. Pickup trucks! On blocks in front yards! [/quote] Nope.

Author:	Darkside [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:30 am ]
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My grandma lived in Norridge right off of Cumberland and Foster. That whole neighborhood each house was pretty much identical to the next.

Author:	Scorehead [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:41 am ]
Post subject:	Re: The Suburbs!
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote: People should live where they want to live. I really have no beef with suburbs. But most of my friends who brag about how they have "more house" than I do, just have an extra bedroom that they fill with a lot of crap. Suburbs only exist because of the cities they sprung up around. Really, they're a creation of the automobile. So it's no surprise that their denizens are so obsessed with parking. Don't you think that the city has a higher % of single people & when they get married & want to have kids & raise a family they move to the suburbs for better schools, a bigger & newer more affordable house with a backyard, lower taxes, less traffic, etc? My 27 year old Son works in the loop & is moving to the city in August with his Girlfriend. When they get married they are going to the suburbs. I always said that if I was a single guy, I would sell my car & live in the city.

Author:	Bagels [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:46 am ]
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Boilermaker Rick wrote: immessedup17 wrote: rogers park bryan wrote: immessedup17 wrote: Cookie cutter housing? Yes, cookie cutter housing is a suburban issue That picture you posted, the houses on both sides are different http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 090315.jpg Better? Look at those lawns! boy the way Glen Miller played....

Author:	good dolphin [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:47 am ]
Post subject:	Re: The Suburbs!
Boilermaker Rick wrote: good dolphin wrote: The suburbs are great. I have always wanted my children to be afraid of people of color and tall buildings. Do you live in a neighborhood that is a majority white? Neighborhood? The City of Chicago is my neighborhood. I only mean that in a semi-flippant way. The population between the four major streets that surround my house is majority white. Six blocks in any direction changes that. I live next door to people of color if that is some kind of badge of honor. Come to think of it, my block is a festival of nations of race, age and religion. I had never really thought about it until you brought this up. Location really isn't that important in itself. The important thing is to participate in the different. I find the suburbs are an insulation from the different. Sure my NWI relatives can enjoy everything the city has to offer...but they don't...and neither do their friends and neighbors.

Author:	Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:47 am ]
Post subject:	Re: The Suburbs!
rogers park bryan wrote: Rick, Im starting to worry that you're not kidding. Who cares? What do you mean? There has been a lot of suburbs bashing lately. I'm sorry I made a positive thread about it.

Author:	Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:52 am ]
Post subject:	Re: The Suburbs!
rogers park bryan wrote: Boilermaker Rick wrote: rogers park bryan wrote: Rick, Im starting to worry that you're not kidding. Who cares? What do you mean? There has been a lot of suburbs bashing lately. I'm sorry I made a positive thread about it. I guess I just dont understand how one could let this kind of thing bother them. Yeah, being called racist, uncultured, and scared is no big deal!

Author:	Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:57 am ]
Post subject:	Re: The Suburbs!
good dolphin wrote: Neighborhood? The City of Chicago is my neighborhood. I only mean that in a semi-flippant way. The population between the four major streets that surround my house is majority white. Six blocks in any direction changes that. Yeah, the segregation just is a little more jammed packed because of population density. good dolphin wrote: Location really isn't that important in itself. The important thing is to participate in the different. I find the suburbs are an insulation from the different. Sure my NWI relatives can enjoy everything the city has to offer...but they don't...and neither do their friends and neighbors. I'm sure that is just as true of you city folk.

Author:	Seacrest [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:57 am ]
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good dolphin wrote: Boilermaker Rick wrote: good dolphin wrote: The suburbs are great. I have always wanted my children to be afraid of people of color and tall buildings. Do you live in a neighborhood that is a majority white? Neighborhood? The City of Chicago is my neighborhood. I only mean that in a semi-flippant way. The population between the four major streets that surround my house is majority white. Six blocks in any direction changes that. I live next door to people of color if that is some kind of badge of honor. Come to think of it, my block is a festival of nations of race, age and religion. I had never really thought about it until you brought this up. From earlier in the thread. good dolphin wrote: The suburbs are great. I have always wanted my children to be afraid of people of color and tall buildings. WYC-Thursdays at 5:00

Author:	Brick [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:58 am ]
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rogers park bryan wrote: I didnt see anyone call you racist, uncultured, or scared. rogers park bryan wrote: No dark people No stupid museums No gay ass art galleries good dolphin wrote: I have always wanted my children to be afraid of people of color and tall buildings.