Do Flaming Hot Cheetos make me urban?
Have you noticed the subtle inroads Flaming Hot Cheetos have made into American life? They were coming into their own as a snack food in Detroit as the 21st century came into sight. But if we wanted to find a sack for our daughter, the one who is a Salvation Army cadet … nowhere in the suburbs. You know … Read more
The future of American suburbs and cities
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Death of the fringe suburbs? Something has been happening in America, “a profound structural shift — a reversal of what took place in the 1950s, when drivable suburbs boomed and flourished as center cities emptied and withered.” Most of us have noticed resurgence of city centers and the inner ring suburbs. People now want to live in … Read more
Twilight Zone: Suburban Reality
Yesterday we were driving west, into Hoffman Estates, a northwest Chicago suburb. Near a busy intersection was a grassy park. But no way to get to it. The traffic far too heavy and fast, no crosswalks, and most telling of all there was no one in the park. Actually, it wasn’t a park. A faux park. … Read more
