I think East Coast (particularly in the Northeast) suburbs are different than those in a lot of the country. They were always sort of self-sustaining towns and small cities.
Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.
'Origin'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Topic!Cindy - Feb 15, 2012 2:48:04 pm PST #22151 of 30001
What is even happening?
Jesse - Feb 15, 2012 2:50:02 pm PST #22152 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I like walking to Target because I'm limited to what I can carry. Keeps me from spending $100 every time I go.
Yeah, I have no problem carrying $100 worth of stuff from Target. Although I usually take the bus home.
smonster - Feb 15, 2012 2:50:15 pm PST #22153 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
The suburbs I lived in outside of Philly were not very walkable - one had a small walkable downtown but we didn't live anywhere near it.
Jesse - Feb 15, 2012 2:51:07 pm PST #22154 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I enjoyed the walkability of Bethlehem, PA just this weekend! But I don't know where non-students actually live.
Lee - Feb 15, 2012 2:52:46 pm PST #22155 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
If my mother just sent me an email saying that she just found out that one of a work friend's two daughters has breast cancer and that she isn't sure which, but she guess it's the one "who, like you, does not have the protection offered by child bearing", am I allowed to tell her to STFU?
hippocampus - Feb 15, 2012 2:54:31 pm PST #22156 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
am I allowed to tell her to STFUoi. Your mother phrases things like my mother does.
Tom Scola - Feb 15, 2012 2:56:24 pm PST #22157 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
the Northeast) suburbs are different than those in a lot of the country. They were always sort of self-sustaining towns and small cities.
The difference is pre-war and post-war. After WWII, suburbs were designed with the notion that you would need a car to live there. Sprawl started earlier in the East, but the suburbs that arose had central downtowns around commuter rail stations.
JZ - Feb 15, 2012 2:58:33 pm PST #22158 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
am I allowed to tell her to STFU?
I'm about thisclose to saying you're morally obligated to.
Jesse - Feb 15, 2012 2:59:08 pm PST #22159 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What JZ said.
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2012 3:00:42 pm PST #22160 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Lee's Mom!
Possibly with an essay on why trying to be nice instead of being legal is really dangerous
Seriously, why do people think it's okay to sit at a stop sign until they feel motivated? Or stop when they don't even have a sign and wave people through? *I* get to be the irritated one there.