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Why crime in the city?

Posted in Central cities, Crime, Public safety, Suburbs on October 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »

A couple of weeks ago, in a comment to my post “Home insecurity system“, Brian wrote,
On the other hand, I haven’t had a shooting in my neighborhood in the ‘burbs….. ever. You have shootings, assaults, and assorted nonsense in yours THAT NEVER EVEN MAKES THE NEWSPAPER. Would you go to Weeks Field after dark, unarmed?
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Home insecurity system

Posted in Domestic architecture, Public spaces, Suburbs on September 16, 2008 | 8 Comments »

My wife, my daughters, and I went a couple of weekends ago to a birthday party for another friend’s child — and it’s got me all down about the place where I live.
We live in the upper floor of a two-story house downtown, renting out the basement apartment.  Not counting our deck or the front [...]

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Does Fairbanks have suburbs?

Posted in City planning, Neighborhoods, Suburbs on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In an online comment regarding a letter to the editor of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, I suggested that the suburban living so common in Fairbanks was a contributor to traffic problems. In response, another reader asked, “Fairbanks has suburbs?”
The question is not whether we have distinct suburbs, as Renton is to Seattle, or Aurora [...]

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