sitcom suburbs

I have a virtual tour of the neighborhoods around millersport highway between eggert and bailey if anyone wants to take a look

The houses that make up the nieghborhoods around Millersport highway between Eggert road and Bailey Avenue do seem to fit along the the conformed lines of a sitcom suburb. The peom little boxes does fit the description very well, maybe even a little to well its like reynolds was walking along these neighborhoods when writing this peom. “Little Boxes”


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Malvina Reynolds (1962)

Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky,1
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses
All went to the university,
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and lawyers,
And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school,
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university,
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
Listen to this on YouTube under “Little Boxes Claymation” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJjE-UtqQdU

The houses have the same one level slanted roof, with the front grassy lawn the small entrance doors and small windows. Some of the houses might have minimal differences in the color but thats about it there all made out of the same material ( or boxes made of Ticky Tacky). These are very family oriented nieghborhoods where they all look the same, it even gets a little De JaVu when reynolds talks about how all the kids go to the university or how all the people play on the golf course considering that this neighborhood is really close the UB and the Amherst golf couse which are like just up the street.