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Sigh, here we go with umpteen and twenty letters about The Soulless Suburbs and how anyone who lives there is a spiritually dead, Land Rover-driving bore with no sense of culture. I definitely think the LW should get out if that's what he feels-- we should all follow our hearts in these matters. But can we not all assume that bread-box living in urban cores is the only ethical and culturally-correct form of domesticity? Lots of people work in the suburbs or outer areas, have bigger or extended families, or one of a thousand other reasons why suburban living makes more sense. Can we not demonize these folks? I moved to the suburbs to shave an hour off my commute. It gave me my life back. It was worth the tradeoff of walking to coffee. I don't recall signing my soul over in the mortgage papers. Cary, I'm surprised your attitude about this isn't a little more nuanced.
