[lbo-talk] Cramped apartments

[joanna]

I'm not writing about why people shouldn't want to live in single family 
houses -- I'm writing about how that simple desire has been turned into 
a life quest and an identity.

I do understand  about  wanting to have some control over your living 
space and I'm glad about the conversation because it did remind me that 
I live in a rent-controlled apt.; naturally, this skews my view of things.

 
I don't know of sociological studies about suburban malaise, but I do 
know that that's where people tend to go postal. I believe that every 
single school shooting has taken place in a suburban school. As for the 
good neighborhood stuff you cite, I would guess it's more common in 
downscale than in upscale suburbs.

Joanna