THE MOST SUBURBAN PLACE ON EARTH (your nominations please)

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I type this from a bench alongside 9W in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Hi dere.

― Volker Schlöndorff (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 15 April 2005 16:39 (twenty years ago)

Where I might be stuck living if I can't find work soon: Oakville, Ontario. I mean, just look at the name!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 15 April 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

Probably one of these cities named for a famous Euro city, but pronounced all wrong. Like ver-SALES or PAR-is, KY. Or maybe AY-thens, TN.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 15 April 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

Sugar Land, Texas (or maybe The Woodlands)

― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Friday, 15 April 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

Phoenix, AZ.

― jill schoelen is the queen of my dreams! (Homosexual II), Friday, 15 April 2005 16:45 (twenty years ago)

tempe/scottsdale arizona

BEATEN

― Actor Sizemore fails drug test with fake penis (jingleberries), Friday, 15 April 2005 16:46 (twenty years ago)

schaumburg, Ill.
southfield, MI

― kingfish, Friday, 15 April 2005 16:46 (twenty years ago)

I used to know a guy from Oakville.

― Huk-L, Friday, 15 April 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)

Cary, NC

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 15 April 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

Hitchin, Herts

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 15 April 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

Oh ya? Did he totally loath the place too?

xpost to huck

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 15 April 2005 16:50 (twenty years ago)

Stanmore, Middx

― Samuel Glickstein (nordicskilla), Friday, 15 April 2005 16:51 (twenty years ago)

ORLANDO Ugh it's awful.

― andy --, Friday, 15 April 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

I used to live there -- Stanton, California.

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Friday, 15 April 2005 17:10 (twenty years ago)

Atlanta

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 15 April 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

wayland, massachusetts

or, this place:

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/0803/skidmark84/suburb.jpg

― kephm, Friday, 15 April 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

the suburb must have a damn

http://www.haleyward.com/images/South_Natick_Dam.jpg

― kephm, Friday, 15 April 2005 19:10 (twenty years ago)

my hometown (cranford, nj) (will provide photos if i find any)

― joseph (joseph), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

dam even.

http://www.costellodismantling.com/images/compos%20Natick%20Tank.jpg

― kephm, Friday, 15 April 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

http://natick4th.org/images/2003070402_small.jpg

― kephm, Friday, 15 April 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

http://www.njtophomes.com/DcImages/l_to-do_pagestack1_002.jpg

my town's canoe club

― joseph (joseph), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

Schaumburg IL seconded

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:25 (twenty years ago)

Any of the suburbs of Chicago are, like, the most stereotypical SUBURBS anywhere.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

Schaumburg is the worst because it's famous for the giant mall. My work is sponsoring a trip there to go shopping. I laughed.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

Canyon Country, CA, the whole Santa Clarita Valley actually.

― rocknrolldetox (rocknrolldetox), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

all of NJ -- except for the delaware water gap, the pine barrens, and the parts of the state to the south of atlantic city.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:30 (twenty years ago)

hoboken isn't suburban!

― Volker Schlöndorff (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 15 April 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

my mom would go on road trips with other ladies(coworkers at her school, bowling league, etc) to the Mall of America.

They were going from Flint, MI, around Lake Michigan, to the Twin Cities.

― kingfish, Friday, 15 April 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

i still win though. this is an exterior shot of my new workplace:

http://www.raimond.com/images/Rgi580Build.jpg

― Volker Schlöndorff (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 16 April 2005 02:15 (twenty years ago)

That building looks kind of charming though Volker.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Saturday, 16 April 2005 02:20 (twenty years ago)

Schaumburg thirded

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Saturday, 16 April 2005 02:23 (twenty years ago)

jbr's new workplace is pretty standard for an NJ office building.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 16 April 2005 02:25 (twenty years ago)

it looks like a concentration camp!

― Volker Schlöndorff (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 16 April 2005 02:27 (twenty years ago)

how obvious is it that they photoshopped all the cars out of that pic?

― Volker Schlöndorff (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 16 April 2005 02:29 (twenty years ago)

http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/environment/assets/denver_suburbs.jpg
Highlands Ranch, CO

That pic is from an interesting web page:
http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/environment/so_no_place_to_live_is_really_ok.htm It suggests the layout below as more environmentally friendly. To me, it looks bizarre. For one thing, I can't see the street that goes in to the center.

http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/environment/assets/denver_copenhagen_suburbs.jpg

― Hunter (Hunter), Saturday, 16 April 2005 03:27 (twenty years ago)

omg crop circles!

― Volker Schlöndorff (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 16 April 2005 03:31 (twenty years ago)

hee hee. reminds me of the Arcologies from Sim City 2000

― kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Saturday, 16 April 2005 03:32 (twenty years ago)

there's something really creepy about colorado.

― Volker Schlöndorff (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 16 April 2005 03:34 (twenty years ago)

greenville, sc

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 16 April 2005 03:38 (twenty years ago)

Well, our governor looks like he's made out of molded plastic, and yeah that's really creepy.
xpost

― Hunter (Hunter), Saturday, 16 April 2005 03:47 (twenty years ago)

Plano, Texas, is the Most Suburban Place on Earth:

[A]fter rejecting several names for the budding town (including naming it in honor of then-President Millard Fillmore), the locals suggested the name "Plano," which they incorrectly believed to be the Spanish word for "plain," a reference to the terrain of the area (the actual word for plain in the Spanish language is "llano"). The name was accepted by the Post Office and Plano was born.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 16 April 2005 04:44 (twenty years ago)

at work today, i had an acct in NORMAL, IL!

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 16 April 2005 04:49 (twenty years ago)

I almost had a *job* in Normal, Illinois.

― Paul in Normal Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 16 April 2005 06:40 (twenty years ago)

Oh, there was supposed to be a strikethrough running through "Normal"

― Paul in WTF?! (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 16 April 2005 06:41 (twenty years ago)

Probably one of these cities named for a famous Euro city, but pronounced all wrong. Like ver-SALES or PAR-is, KY. Or maybe AY-thens, TN.
Cairo (CAY-ro), Georgia isn't suburban! Nor is Havana (which is mistakenly pronounced "Hey Vanna!" by ignorant hicks as if they were surprised to see Ms. White on Wheel of Fortune), Florida!

― Ian Riese-Moraine. To Hell with you and your gradual evolution! (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 16 April 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

I live in Oakville, Ontario. *cries*

― Dave M. (rotten03), Saturday, 16 April 2005 13:39 (twenty years ago)

Cary, NC

-- Jeff-PTTL

OTMFM.

After World War II, Raleigh began to grow and people began to look to surrounding communities to get away from the "big city" life. Cary became an attractive spot to relocate and the development of Research Triangle Park in the 1950s greatly influenced the town's growth. Each year Cary's boundaries stretched towards RTP. Eventually, RTP affected Cary's growth more than its planned targeted cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. RTP brought in industry giants like IBM and accompanying employees causing the population to double in the 1950s and 1960s.

With such growth, the amount of developed land had to be increased. People needed a place to live. MacGregor Downs was created in the 1960s and flourished. It was the first of many developments to be constructed around Cary over the following 25 years. [...] The 90s brought further residential growth in areas like Barrington, Regency Estates and Wessex and Cary Glen in 2001. As developments flourished, so did Cary's growth. Since 1970 Cary has grown from 7,640 to over 110,000 and is now North Carolina's sixth largest city.

Today, Cary is one of the largest towns in the nation, but growth has begun to slow somewhat. Even the most well planned communities need a chance to step back, take a breath and see what they have become. The town is encompassed by a more than 45-square-mile boundary and continues to grow westward at a steady pace. Cary's location in the Triangle Region has undoubtedly been a great stimulus in the growth and popularity of the town.

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 16 April 2005 13:51 (twenty years ago)

greenville, sc

-- tehresa (t3hr3sad0treemi...), April 16th, 2005.

tehresa OTFM

― latebloomer: strawman knockdowner (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 April 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

Northern Virginia?

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 16 April 2005 22:39 (twenty years ago)

yeah to me northern virginia and chicago seem by a huge margin the best suggestions so far.

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 16 April 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

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