Alo Japan · @alojapan
139 followers · 6924 posts · Server channels.im
BikeNYC · @BikeNYC
130 followers · 216 posts · Server mas.to

When you tell someone who lives in the that you are it can really shock them. They simply can’t fathom how you do basic things like grocery shopping or deal with rain.

When you tell them you’ve paid no money in payments, or and ask them what it would mean if they received a check for all the money they spend on car related expenses something happens in their brain. Some begin to question things for the first time.

#maintenance #tickets #insurance #gas #car #carfree #suburbs

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steve dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
360 followers · 11878 posts · Server masto.ai
Otis White · @otiswhite
58 followers · 78 posts · Server urbanists.social

A well-known economist writes about how American cities grow and evolve and what impact will have on this dynamic. His bottom line: not much. As long as people have to come to the office, even if for a few days a week, the clustering of jobs will continue. But while WFH’s impact on cities may be slight, it could have big impacts on , , and . nytimes.com/2023/09/01/opinion

#wfh #suburbs #neighborhoods #transit #downtowns

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Birds Books and Bullshit · @NanoBookReview
585 followers · 1474 posts · Server zirk.us
Otis White · @otiswhite
57 followers · 52 posts · Server urbanists.social

Cities and have been sniping at one another since, well, suburbs came into being. In Chicago, there’s a certain suburb that politicians like to name-check when they’re making fun of the hicks in the ‘burbs. But are the residents of Naperville hicks? And is life truly boring in DuPage County? A big-city writer visits, talks to the locals and reports back. chicagomag.com/city-life/why-l

#suburbs

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MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor
1861 followers · 3961 posts · Server kolektiva.social

Today in Labor History August 23, 1900: Folk and protest singer Malvina Reynolds was born in San Francisco, California. She is most famous for her song, "Little Boxes," a satire on suburbia, inspired by the tacky sprawl of housing in Daly City, just outside of San Francisco. And used as the theme music for the TV series “Weeds.” As a teen, the city’s elite Lowell High School refused to give her a diploma because her parents opposed US participation in World War I.

youtube.com/watch?v=VUoXtddNPA

#workingclass #LaborHistory #folkmusic #satire #malvinareynolds #littleboxes #antiwar #sanfrancisco #suburbs

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Lee 🌏 · @MrLee
398 followers · 4885 posts · Server aus.social

These are some nice Info graphics from
institute.smartprosperity.ca/
on the Hidden (Externalised) cost of Suburbia

#suburbs #urbanism #15minutecities

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Historian Matt · @HistMatt
540 followers · 483 posts · Server port87.social

The US Is Ugly. THIS is Why. - Leeja Miller

From the description:

"The US is UGLY. How did this happen? How did we get this suburban sprawl that we all have to live with today? And what can we do to improve our communities? Turns out it's lots of money, PR, and, you guessed it, racism."

m.youtube.com/watch?v=imAGg5Lj

#leejamiller #usa #ugly #suburbs #cityplanning #NewUrbanism

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Bianchibike · @Biachibike
63 followers · 217 posts · Server mstdn.party

Tomorrow we are hopefully going to our first baseball game in . Should be fun, if the weather doesn't go to hell.

#chicagodogs #rosemont #suburbs

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William Lindsey :toad: · @wdlindsy
2007 followers · 8461 posts · Server toad.social

Who would have guessed this? The furious right-wingers disrupting school board meetings across the US are almost exclusively white suburbanites. All that (faux) rage out there that the media wants us to believe is due to econoomic dispossession among struggling working-class citizens….

It's hard to get more privileged than living white in a suburb, isn't it?

projects.propublica.org/school

#schoolboards #republicans #whiteprivilege #culturewars #suburbs

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Richard Forrester - 🐦 escapee · @RichForrest2
247 followers · 4863 posts · Server aus.social
OccuWorld · @OccuWorld
63 followers · 602 posts · Server kolektiva.social

Let’s face it, the US is Ugly. THIS is why.

youtube.com/watch?v=imAGg5Lj8l

The US is UGLY. How did this happen? How did we get this suburban sprawl that we all have to live with today? And what can we do to improve our communities? Turns out it's lots of money, PR, and, you guessed it, racism. Let's talk about it.

#capitalism #commodification #homogenization #sprawl #cookiecutter #suburbs #Community

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Ricardo Harvin · @ricardoharvin
1399 followers · 12707 posts · Server mstdn.social

@ParanoidFactoid It absolutely did NOT lift *all* boats.

It lifted *primarily* white boats and, hand-in-hand with loans, helped create the of the which persist today, in less obvious ways.

You're to paint the as better than it ever has been, so far.

#US #History #whitewashing #suburbs #segregration #va

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Otis White · @otiswhite
45 followers · 904 posts · Server mas.town

Perhaps the most important demographic trend of the past 40 years has been the growing diversity of American and . Three forces are at work here. One is the increasing diversity of America, a result of immigration. Another is the movement to suburbs of African-American, Hispanic and Asian-American families. The final force is gentrification, which involves the return of white families to cities. Collectively, these are momentous changes. washingtonpost.com/business/20

#neighborhoods #suburbs

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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
121 followers · 1647 posts · Server sfba.social

If we drove somewhat cars, built more , increased the of and , and worked hard from the start on , then “lithium demand can be reduced by up to ninety-two per cent in 2050, in comparison to the most lithium-intensive scenarios.

#smaller #MassTransit #density #cities #suburbs #battery #recycling

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Sieva 🚴🚇🏙️🌹 · @Anibyl
223 followers · 1072 posts · Server mas.to

How to build shoeboxes AND waste land at the same time

#housing #suburbs #suburbanhell #sanantonio

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dfroidmont · @dfroidmont
60 followers · 495 posts · Server mastodon.green
Sven S. Svensson · @wegonnaseeno
170 followers · 1763 posts · Server thepit.social

It was definitely an adventure hauling four 10 foot sections of 4 inch pvc pipe in a sedan

#diy #suburbs

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The Streets of Melbourne · @NessaUndreza
2739 followers · 4618 posts · Server aus.social

is home to this lovely creation, painted by and .

The colours and shading bring out the beauty of the subject perfectly in this candid scene.

And I adore the and , which are signature specialities that Juz portrays so well.

This is gorgeous 🙌💖

With permission.

🙌💖



#brunswick #australia #juzpop #saladbowlart #flora #butterflies #beautiful #femstrength #wisdom #streetart #mastoart #suburbs #burbs #aesthetichedonist #murals #muralart #publicart #art #melbourne #narrm #victoria #makesmehappy

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