Does anyone hate modern suburbia?

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: JMapleton

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
There's a rather high amount of angst in this thread for a bunch of upper middle class folks. You hate modern suburbia? Go live in a project.

You can live in suburbia and not be rich. Majority of the suburbs are middle class not upper class like op but op admitted he lives in basically a rich area and he's f'n complaining about the crap. WAA WAA WAA little rich boy doesn't like stuff.

You seem to have some animosity for people with money. I myself am not "rich" but I can say the attitude you have will keep you poor for a long time; you can look to others for inspiration or you can look towards others for an excuse to hate, but either choice will be reflected in your own life.

Originally posted by: JMapleton

Originally posted by: zerocool84

It's like trying to give sex advice when you've never had it.

I don't need to experience to say what has been said thousands of times before by those who had experienced it.

The OP continues to bring the lawlz.

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: Colt45
North american houses in general suck.

Paper and chalk FTL

Clearly you've never had to actually work with lathe and plaster.

Do you still use an oil lamp and ride in a horse drawn buggy?

 

[fleshconsumed]

I can't tell if the OP is being serious or sarcastic.

People buy what they can afford. Most people cannot buy a house in "upper middle class and a few upper class areas".

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: BoberFett

Originally posted by: Colt45
North american houses in general suck.

Paper and chalk FTL

Clearly you've never had to actually work with lathe and plaster.

Do you still use an oil lamp and ride in a horse drawn buggy?

:thumbsup:

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i hate anonymous cookie-cutter suburbia. houses that are right up to the property line, neighborhoods with not a single tree over 5 years old, houses that are built to last 15 years instead of 50 or 100. that crap sucks.

This is what I don't like.

OP's rant is lame.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: KevinH
Omaha fucken Nebraska complaining about suburbs. What a twat.

😕
What does that mean?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: JMapleton

Originally posted by: barfo
How can you take pride in your home/community when strangers cut through your yard and bring their dogs to do their dirty deeds on there?

Excuse me, when does that happen? wtf do you live?

People do not cut through other people's yards where I live or in the neighborhoods I live. Nor do I suspect they do such things in suburbia.

I don't know. Yesterday I decided that I need to talk to my neighbor about his dog crapping on my lawn as I mowed over a half a dozen piles of doo, with two being within 10 feet of my front door. I don't have anyone cutting across my lawn though.

 

[Linflas]

I love where I live. Almost 3/4's of an acre, mostly woods with a creek on my property line on a cul-de-sac. Streets in our neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods rarely appear in the crime reports and the neighbors all are friendly with each other. No hatred of modern surburbia here.

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: BoberFett

Originally posted by: Colt45
North american houses in general suck.

Paper and chalk FTL

Clearly you've never had to actually work with lathe and plaster.

Do you still use an oil lamp and ride in a horse drawn buggy?

oh no, lathe and plaster sucks too.

I'm talking about brick and concrete as opposed to 2x4"s.

 

[JMapleton]

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
I can't tell if the OP is being serious or sarcastic.

People buy what they can afford. Most people cannot buy a house in "upper middle class and a few upper class areas".

If you go out to suburbia, you can see very large houses in excess of 4,000 sq feet. They could have otherwise bought 2,500 sq foot houses of higher quality.

 

[JMapleton]

Originally posted by: KevinH
Omaha fucken Nebraska complaining about suburbs. What a twat.

Misconceptions about Omaha. Okay, let's hear'em.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i hate anonymous cookie-cutter suburbia. houses that are right up to the property line, neighborhoods with not a single tree over 5 years old, houses that are built to last 15 years instead of 50 or 100. that crap sucks.

I was gonna go on a rant but you pretty much covered it.

Modern suburbs are all prefab communities and they are SHIT!
Hey are also extremely overpriced, even in this economy they still want too much damn money.

I hate it.

Agreed.

I'll take my house with no closets that was built in 1940. :thumbsup:

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: JMapleton

Originally posted by: KevinH
Omaha fucken Nebraska complaining about suburbs. What a twat.

Misconceptions about Omaha. Okay, let's hear'em.

No kidding. Pretty much everything west of 680 & north of I-80 is one giant planned community. That's a couple hundred thousand people.

 

[Drako]

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: BoberFett

Originally posted by: Colt45
North american houses in general suck.

Paper and chalk FTL

Clearly you've never had to actually work with lathe and plaster.

Do you still use an oil lamp and ride in a horse drawn buggy?

oh no, lathe and plaster sucks too.

I'm talking about brick and concrete as opposed to 2x4"s.

Obviously you have not had a good earth quake recently. Good luck to you when that happens 🙂.

 

[JMapleton]

Originally posted by: vi edit

Originally posted by: JMapleton

Originally posted by: KevinH
Omaha fucken Nebraska complaining about suburbs. What a twat.

Misconceptions about Omaha. Okay, let's hear'em.

No kidding. Pretty much everything west of 680 & north of I-80 is one giant planned community. That's a couple hundred thousand people.

Maybe 150,000 tops. But yes, almost everything west of 144th is what I consider "modern suburbia."

 

[Capt Caveman]

Sounds like the OP needs to travel the country a little bit.

 

[oiprocs]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
I'm about to buy one of those 1985 split level, brick on part of front houses.

I plan to gut the inside, put slate tile in foyer and downstairs, hardwood upstairs with a brand new kitchen with slate counters, dark cupboards, new stainless appliances. Then I am going to make a master suite in the basement since none of these old houses have a master suite. Skylights will be installed, as well as some form of central air (mini-split probably).

After that I am going to build a nice stone patio, with a concrete slab for a hottub, and a trellis over the patio.

Havent thought about front landscaping yet, but it will be completely redone as well.

Not much I can do about the overall look of the exterior though...

Build me a home please.