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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Everyone knows libs hate inner city growth. It’s what we’ve been fighting against for decades. Urban sprawl forever!!
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In this country, the politics of sprawl are waaaaay messier than I think any of you want to admit. When you get right down to it, the divide isn’t really left vs. right -- it’s one word:
Parenthood.
Once kids enter the picture, people overwhelmingly shift -- irrespective of their political ideology -- toward the single family detached house; the Holy Grail of suburbia. They want a fenced yard, extra bedrooms for grandma to visit, and quiet streets without any riff-raff. I know some people who are left-leaning to a degree that it's kind of annoying to spend too much time with them, but the second they popped out a kid, it was time to find a place in the up-and-coming community of Timbuktu, best accessed by 22X... by way of sheer willpower to drive that bloody far.
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