Glenn Reynolds, the InstaPundit, reprints a passage written ten years ago by Minnesota's-own James Lileks on life in the suburbs. It was true then and it is still true today,
"Everyone I know who lives in the suburbs loves where they live. That's why they live there. The government did not put a gun to people's heads and demand that they pack up, head out on these new-fangled freeways and get out of Dodge. If people leave a city, there's a reason, and it behooves the city to find out what it was. Bad schools; small lots; taxes; crime; stupid civic leaders more interested in patronage and extortion than governing - that's why people leave. And they're not going to come back because a light-rail line passes 15 blocks from their house. They're certainly not going to be impressed by urban theorists who want them to walk to the corner store every day and schlep home the groceries instead of driving to a big store and buying a week's worth of foodstuffs. I did that for four years. I dreamed of a day when I could buy those big 24-roll packs of toilet paper instead buying a single roll every other day because I also had to carry beer, meat and milk."
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