July 31, 2006
Suburbanites Are Cul-De-Suckers
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For those who don't know, a cul-de-sac is the highly sensitive area behind the cervix that can cause female orgasm. No, wait! Wrong cul-de-sac! A cul-de-sac, at least for purposes of this article, is a suburban street (usually in a development) that separates has no outlet. Its purpose is to cut down traffic on residential streets.
Apparently, though, in recent years the cul-de-sac has become a menace, with New Urbanists (whoever they are) saying that the cul-de-sac actually increases traffic in suburban areas! Not on the cul-de-sac, of course, but on other roads in the area. Essentially, the anti-cul-de-sac movement is all part of the suburban backlash of the past 10 years or so.
Still, though, those New Urbanists can get pretty nasty:
Here and across the country, some municipalities have limited or banned cul-de-sacs altogether in favor of streets laid out in more orderly grids. And many urban planners view the suburban dead-end streets with a scorn usually reserved for, say, foot fungus.
“Cul-de-suck” is just one derisive nickname.
Just one? Oh, please, Courier Times, we demand a full list!
Are cul-de-sacs more of a nuisance than a benefit? [Bucks County Courier Times]
Posted by D-Mac on July 31, 2006 02:07 PM
Posted to Bucks County Courier Times
, Cul-De-Sacs
, Suburbs
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Dull-de-Sac
Cul-de-Sad
Where-my-Grandmother-Lives-De-Sac
Posted by: 14th Windiest State at July 31, 2006 02:36 PM
The New Urbanists rock!! I totally saw them at the TLA last week.
Posted by: Andy at July 31, 2006 04:42 PM
Well, aside from "cul-de-suck," there's "yuppie pit," "that little nook where the assholes live," "ball-de-sacs" and, my favorite, "circle jerks."
Posted by: mike at July 31, 2006 02:20 PM