I found the same thing the day we moved in they had lemonade and cookies. It's us though. The benefits of suburban living are clear. The costs are sometimes hidden. In many ways, the more avidly we pursue the good life, the more it recedes before us.
Land development is at the heart of all suburban growth.
When you fly out of Bradley Field you look down at a state that seems wonderfully rural. The problem with that is that a lot of that wooded land is owned by people nearing retirement age, and it's owned in smaller parcels - that is 50 acres and smaller. What that means is that in the next 20 years, those lands will be changing hands. The pursuit of the rural experience paradoxically can lead to sprawl, congestion and loss of open space. About 40 years ago, after about a mile or two you were in the country, literally farms.