Moments from Suburbia

Monday, May 09, 2011

This morning I felt suddenly overcome by a sense of freedom and independence. It has been a long time coming but it feels soooo good.

9 comments:

Fi from Four Paws and Whiskers said...: Liking the new blog theme... have been reading you on google reader too often obviously!

SO pleased for you
Well done :); 9 May 2011 at 10:24
Steve said...: Enjoy it - and long may it continue!; 9 May 2011 at 11:59
Jennysmith said...: Good for you, Sub. You've earnt and deserve it. Bless you xxx; 9 May 2011 at 13:52
Maggie May said...: That is excellent news!
Hope you feel this way forever, now.
Maggie X

Nuts in May; 9 May 2011 at 14:14
nick said...: I'm very glad. You deserve it after all the bad times.; 9 May 2011 at 21:30
Looking for Blue Sky said...: Yaay, hope you never lose the feeling :D; 10 May 2011 at 08:53
DD's Diary said...: Well done you. Now enjoy! x; 10 May 2011 at 10:49
BS5 Blogger said...: Hope it was liberating...; 10 May 2011 at 20:15
Liz Hinds said...: Good for you.; 14 May 2011 at 12:24

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The word is derived from the Old French "subb urbe" and ultimately from the Latin "suburbium", formed from "sub", meaning "under", and "urbs", meaning "city", therefore suburbis would mean under the city. Important people tended to live on hills near centers of commercial and political activity, while the lower classes often lived in marginal areas. "Under" in later usage sometimes referred variously to lesser wealth, political power, population, or population density. The first recorded usage, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, comes from Wycliffe in 1380, where the form "subarbis" is used

Consigned to the wheelie bin at the end of the drive?

Half the population lives in suburbia but fewer like to admit it.
Car washing on a Sunday in front of a semi-detached mock Tudor home complete with twitching net curtains is the life it conveys, to repeated ridicule.
The image of a cultural wasteland between the vibrant, edgy inner city and the rural idyll was reinforced by 1970s comedies such as The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin and The Good Life, and dramas like Abigail's Party.
But does this prejudice have any basis today or should it be consigned to the wheelie bin at the end of the drive?
By Tom Geoghegan BBC News Magazine

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