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Suburbs in Utah are flourishing
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I wish the DN reader comment software allowed for editing the way the SL Trib comment software does.
> You have your strip malls, corporate
> theme resturants and homes that look
> the same.
Plus it's safe, clean, convenient, and family-friendly. The horror!
Census data ending in 2007 doesn't truly account for the stark end of the Happy Driving Age, as it announced itself to Utahns only in early 2008.
Ms. Bulkeley, can you ask your editors to run a brief story on the suburbs' flourishing foreclosures and bankruptcies next week? How about flourishing psychotropic meds addiction? Or flourishing obesity? Any of those.
This looks like market propaganda trying to lure potential buyers into an unjustified confidence in the future of the suburbs. To find out what's really happening in the suburbs watch the documentary "The End Of Suburbia"
You do realize strip malls and coporate theme resturants didn't exist in the 50's, right? In fact malls were in the future in the 50s. As was urban sprawl. Think of the 40s with indoor plumbing, TVs, and fridges, then you'll have it.
Then, this was brilliant, "S.m.a." suggests that these elitists couldn't tell the difference between three of Utah's greatest monuments to civilized living arrangements: South Jordan, West Jordan, and West Valley.
Okay, dear "S.m.a.", I give up. You got me. I grew up in SLC, right by East High. I rarely ventured south of 21st, and then only with feet dragging. I hate SLC's suburbs.
But you tell me: what are the essential distinguishing characteristics, however nuanced, of South Jordan, West Jordan, and West Valley?
The answer is better planning, not more taxes, and suburbs are leading the way in terms of innovative planning - something ignorant suburbs-haters are unwilling to admit. (Check out the now-defunct "Utah Planners' Corner" blog for examples.)
Bob G: You criticize this census data, but provide no data of your own to back up your claims of "increased congestion, increased traffic, increased crime, increased taxes, larger police and fire departments, and more corruption in government." You cannot make sensational statements like these and assume that we will take your heavily biased opinion as fact.
I will refer to as "The Desperate suburbian housewives of zion" to a very remote farming community in Cache valley almost 2 years ago,
Do I miss my mansion yes, Do I miss being close to a grocery store yes, would I do it all over again yes..
I cant tell you how nice it is to live where it is quiet and the benifits of non city life are truley amazing, where people are spiritual not religious(yes their is a diffrence) the nicest part of all however is not watching the Jones trying to keep up with the Smiths, and the Smiths keeping up with the Hansens, and the Hansens keeping up with the Taylors....
This is why Utah is in bankrupcy......
Yes being a red neck is under rated for sure..
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"Life in the burbs is, so fifties. You have your strip malls, corporate theme resturants and homes that look the same".
He should say:
"Ahhh Urban life, it's so slum infested. We have the same resturants as the burbs plus some where you don't even need to wear pants! My rented cement cubicle apartment is much much different from the cement cubicle accross the hall. I know this is snobby, but I feel sorry for people in the suburbs where people own their homes and the land because all the houses and yards look the same to me. We have the same stores in our mall as the suburbs, but in the megopolis you have the thrill of trying to get from your rented apartment to your taxi without getting mugged or raped. And if your luck runs out and get mugged or raped, you don't need to worry about being embarassed because people will just walk right past you and pretend they don't see you".
Ahhh, life in Gotham City...
When my family tell me to be careful where I live, I laugh in spite of myself.
And I admit, I do try to avoid venturing south of 21st if I can help it.
I bought my SUV used and paid it off quickly - gas could go to $8 a gallon and I would be fine. I don't like high gas prices, but overconsumption is too often overlooked.
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