Comments on: How inevitable is the suburban nightmare? http://kapookababy.com/2009/07/02/how-inevitable-is-the-suburban-nightmare/ The writings of Monica Tan, a complete commie, hippie, left-leaning bastard. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:56:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: My happy little guide to living in a green future « kapookababy http://kapookababy.com/2009/07/02/how-inevitable-is-the-suburban-nightmare/#comment-393 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:51:52 +0000 http://kapookababy.com/?p=1376#comment-393 [...] written previously about why I don’t like the suburbs. And I think the fact that we live in big houses, with not that many people in them, and with lots [...]

]]> By: mel http://kapookababy.com/2009/07/02/how-inevitable-is-the-suburban-nightmare/#comment-288 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:20:48 +0000 http://kapookababy.com/?p=1376#comment-288 Very true!!
I will try my hardest not to lead down that path… will have to invent some other one. But as we discussed, when we have kids one day, they need stability somewhere and I dont think a busy exciting city like NYC or London is the best place to bring them up… Maybe I will buy a house and live in the suburbs afterall. Doh

]]> By: Desertgirl http://kapookababy.com/2009/07/02/how-inevitable-is-the-suburban-nightmare/#comment-273 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:27:17 +0000 http://kapookababy.com/?p=1376#comment-273 What wonderful thoughts! And so true.

]]> By: rachel http://kapookababy.com/2009/07/02/how-inevitable-is-the-suburban-nightmare/#comment-272 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:08:32 +0000 http://kapookababy.com/?p=1376#comment-272 I think what makes it equally difficult to avoid is that we’re constantly told that this is the only way to be. Questioning it raises eyebrows, and even moreso as you get older. House prices in Sydney are so inflated compared to incomes that I increasingly have the gut feeling that they’re not value for money – that those hundreds of thousands of dollars could be better spent elsewhere, and not even necessarily mean sacrificing security in the long term. And yet I feel like a madwoman for thinking this way!

Anyway, I definitely agree that Sartre and De Beauvoir were flawed people and characters, but they also inspirational: for the work they created, for the loves they pursued, for the friendships and fantastic adverntures they had.

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