I'm feeling cranky. And yesterday HippieHusband and I took a walk through the edge of Smalltown. I realized that there are things I absolutely can't stand about suburbia:
I realize that pavement gets too hot to touch when its 100degC out but what an earth makes some people think its a good idea to water the sidewalk or road.
Lawns, lawnmowers and leaf blowers. WTF?!!
Sidewalks that end just as suddenly as they start.
Dogowners who leave dogshit on the sidewalk. Just because its biodegradable, doesn't mean you should leave it on the sidewalk.
Stripmalls. Need I say more.
From the air, suburbia looks as if the Transformers puked their guts out.
Nosyneighbours who really aren't interested in neighbourhood watch, but are mainly want to find out who wears the pants in the family.
Frankly, Jane Jacobs said it best, "Expressways eviscerate great cities. This is not the rebuilding of cities. This is the sacking of cities." Cars. They're fucking noisy. And it makes me grouchy to walk on a dirt road, appreciating a pastoral setting only to have some yahoo in a truck drive too fast that it leaves dust and dirt in my eyes.
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I freaking loathe leaf blowers. Anything that makes that much noise just to blow something as light as a leaf is an invention fail as far as I am concerned. It's overkill. My hand-held vacuum cleaner has a blow function, barely makes any noise and can still blow the shit out of some leaves.
OK, you pushed my Must.Rant button.
People walking their dogs in the forest close to where I live would put the dogshit in plastic bags (like you're supposed to I guess) AND THEN LEAVE THE EFFING BAG WITH CONTENTS ALONG THE PATH 0R THROW IT A COUPLE OF FEET INTO THE WOODS! WTH&F is wrong with people?
OK, I'm good. Feel much better now.
I agree.
I think they water the sidewalk/pavement in the hopes of keeping it from cracking. It's kind of stupid b/c this worked with old cement driveways back in the '70s, but I don't think they make it out of the same stuff anymore.
Personally I'd rather live in the middle of nowhere, but only if I had a completely silent personal flyer that could get me to the farmer's market and city and back again whenever I needed to buy groceries or eat at a fancy restaurant and then see a musical. You know, ideally speaking.
Here here! I am going to remember and use that Transformers reference on a regular basis!
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