The most obnoxious and cliched streets in America today are the
cul-de-sacs.
Those stupid little streets that dead end in a small circular drive.
All the negative aspects of white 90’s suburbia are captured
in these horrid little
avenues. The residents have somehow deluded themselves into believing
that their little
side streets are better than other neighborhoods, with their little
systematic trees and
perfectly cultured lawns. The Beaver Cleaver-electric lawnmower-Brady
Bunch-white
picket fence-bullshit paradises are springing up all over the nation.
And they’re so nice. Manicured lawns, a basketball hoop in every
driveway, all
two-car garages, privacy fences, bay windows, the works. And
none of those problems
associated with the “white trash” or slum neighborhoods. No drugs
or crime or family
problems. And if you believe that, you’re some kinda moron.
In every cul-de-sac, you have one perfect family. Then
you have the spoiled rich
kids on pot or worse, the spousal or child abuse, the shoplifters,
the wild satanic metal
heads - you people who live in or spend a lot of time in cul-de-sacs
can back me up on
this. They have just as many problems as the worst ghetto in
America, they just get
sweetened up and masked in the cul-de-sacs.
That’s like saying a guy didn’t rob a bank just because he was
wearing a tuxedo.