ladelfina
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Calculated Risk: Maricopa: Do It For the Children
This is somewhat relevant to the discussion on new homes and their impact on how people have to spend on cars and gas.
What a sad place this describes.
With no real community of businesses and schools and public infrastructure... maybe it is no wonder that families might feel they "have" to have cell phones (are there pay phones anymore?), they have to have 2-3 cars.. they have to have big-screen TVs and cable and Netflix (since there are no movie theatres or libraries) and they have to have a big kitchen with espresso machine (since there are no coffee shops) and they have to have a billiard table or foosball since there's no YMCA or church or poll hall or bowling or youth center.
Private homes and private entertainment are growing because the public world is shrinking.
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P.S. a commenter above cites other modern cost centers that we didn't have in the 1970s:
I wonder what the average parents' budget is for all the structured activities kids have now that we didn't have. I mean, I had one music lesson/week and Brownies/GS up to about jr. high age.. that's about it.
This is somewhat relevant to the discussion on new homes and their impact on how people have to spend on cars and gas.
What a sad place this describes.
With no real community of businesses and schools and public infrastructure... maybe it is no wonder that families might feel they "have" to have cell phones (are there pay phones anymore?), they have to have 2-3 cars.. they have to have big-screen TVs and cable and Netflix (since there are no movie theatres or libraries) and they have to have a big kitchen with espresso machine (since there are no coffee shops) and they have to have a billiard table or foosball since there's no YMCA or church or poll hall or bowling or youth center.
Private homes and private entertainment are growing because the public world is shrinking.
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P.S. a commenter above cites other modern cost centers that we didn't have in the 1970s:
Its just not the way it was when I was a kid anymore. Back then, we rode bikes miles away from home, built rafts on lakes, dug caves, did all kinds of fun dangerous things.
Today I wont let my kids leave the yard by themselves. So every weekend is spent on kids activities, sports, etc. Thats just the way it has to be now. Theres always plenty to do, but it costs time and money. A lot of money. But the kids are the most important thing.
I wonder what the average parents' budget is for all the structured activities kids have now that we didn't have. I mean, I had one music lesson/week and Brownies/GS up to about jr. high age.. that's about it.
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