I live in what should be a suburban environment but because of the part of town (wrong side of the tracks effect) I’m in an area where I don’t get the true suburbia isolation/solace feel.
I do indeed live in a suburb but it is littered with businesses that I have no use for. Check cashing establishments, ghetto cellular service outlets, used tire shops, fried fish operations, hair weaving, gangster clothing outlets (both kinds), Not that I’m crazy about them, but would it kill you to install a Starbucks? Should I have to travel for twenty minutes to get fine cigarettes or beer that actually has hops in it?
My optimistic wife believes that our area will become gentrified in time for us to enjoy it but I have lived in Atlanta for a long time and I know better than to get my hopes up.
Yes, the house is huge, solid and on a lovely plot of land, but I really would love to be able to walk to a brewpub that happily accommodates my black lab.
My car is the second most frequently stolen model in the US. I see locals looking at it. I turn down the audio and upshift to reduce the noise made by the custom motor. Every morning I look out the window, relieved that it is still in the drive.
Yes, I am well aware that it is up to me to bother to change my situation. Yet, must bad parts of town exist?