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Survey: gays and lesbians want to be integrated and live suburban life
According to a new survey, nearly 80% of gays think it's important to integrate into the greater culture. A majority of survey takers also said they would prefer to live in suburbia as opposed to a city, even though 58% said they would prefer to live closer to other gay people. Stable relationships are also crucial to two thirds of younger gays who expect to be in a long-term relationship with children.
The new survey released by Logo TV network identified marriage equality, the environment, health care, and the economy as the top four issues that LGBT voters are concerned about.
"We’re trading in West Hollywood for West Texas and big disposable incomes for disposable diapers," Lisa Sherman, Logo executive vice president, said in a press release. "Most important, we're integrating without abandoning our community or sense of identity. These developments are good for LGBT people and good for America." According to a new survey, nearly 80% of gays think it's important to integrate into the greater culture. A majority of survey ta... more -
Exhibition - World's Away: New Suburban Landscapes
The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is currently exhibiting new work that comment and defy conventional stereotypes about contemporary American suburban life. The fact that suburban growth has shaped culture and how individuals engage in work and leisure is also the inspiration for new art. Visit the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis to see World's Away, on view through August 17 at the Target Gallery, and later at the Carnegie Museum of Art, October 4, 2008 - January 18, 2009, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Image: Sarah McKenzie, Site, 2007, oil on canvas 48 x 72 in. Courtesy the artist and Robischon Gallery, Denver. Courtesy of Walker Art Center, walker.org. The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is currently exhibiting new work that comment and defy conventional stereotypes about contemporar... more -
Are the Suburbs the NEW Ghettos?
Slumburbia? Will drug dealers take over the local cul-de-sac? Will squatters set up camp in the neighbor's McMansion?
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Suburbs the next slums?
With rising energy prices and increasing emphasis on walkable urbanism, the suburbs are losing popularity. In fact, some speculate that the suburbs will be the future slums, a transformation that is already beginning with rising crime in some of the neighborhoods hit hardest by the subprime mess. With rising energy prices and increasing emphasis on walkable urbanism, the suburbs are losing popularity. In fact, some speculate th... more
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The rise and fall of the shopping mall
The shopping mall was invented in order to evoke a European city feel, that downtown busy feel. Soon however it became viewed as a staple of American surburbia. Are Americans still going to the mall? The shopping mall was invented in order to evoke a European city feel, that downtown busy feel. Soon however it became viewed as a sta... more
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THE END OF SUBURBIA: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years, so too has the suburban way of life become embedded in the American consciousness.
Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream.
But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Oil Peak and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now, some scientists and policy makers argue in this documentary.
The consequences of inaction in the face of this global crisis are enormous. What does Oil Peak mean for North America? As energy prices skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? Are today's suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow? And what can be done NOW, individually and collectively, to avoid The End of Suburbia ? Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordab... more
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