"I usually wake up screaming at six-thirty, and I'm in my office by nine."
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generalist, generalists, handy man, general store, general stores, convenience store, convenience stores, shop, store, suburb, suburbs, suburbia, rural, countryside, knowledgeable, jack of all trades, master of none, skilful, skillful, expert, experts, village, town, locals, local, townie, townies, consumer, consumers, consumerism, small townMadison Avenue and Maple Street
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madison avenue, wall street, new york, new york city, urban, urban environment, urban environments, suburb, suburbs, suburban, skyscraper, skyscrapers, abrupt, abrupt transition, abrupt transitions, transition, transitions, transitioning, house, houses, home, homes, neighborhood, neighborhoods, neighbourhood, neighbourhoodsOrpheus And Eurydice In Connecticut
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orpheus, eurydice, myth, myths, mythology, mythologies, tale of orpheus, underworld, underworlds, new yorker, new yorkers, new york, new york city, vacation, vacations, holiday, holidays, holidaying, vacationing, resort, resorts, don't look back, look back, looking back, suburb, suburbs, move, moves, moving, move away, moving away, social status, social statuses"This happy breed of men, this little world, this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this east end of Long Island!"
"Greetings, Earthling. How are the schools?"
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pirate, pirates, boat, boats, ship, ships, yachts, yacht, private yacht, pirate ship, skull and crossbones, pirating, piracy, high seas, jolly roger, cannon, suburbs, rob, robbing, stealing, bounty, privateer, buccaneer, long john silver, boatingroad sign: "Gilkers Corners Population 926
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suburb, suburbs, suburban, neighbor, neighbors, neighbourhood, neighbourhood, keeping up with the jonses, envy, envious, real estate, real estate agent, real estate agents, construction, construct, constructs, local news, local news story, local news stories, slow news day, slow news days, news day, news days, local story, local stories"I do ballet, conservation, starvation, cancer research, the needy, a little art, and a smidgen for Farmington."
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wealth, wealthy, wealthy people, rich, rich people, money, suburbs, suburb, charity, charities, charitable, donor, donors, donate, donation, donations, charity shop, charity shops, farmington ct, democrat, democrats"Birth, bed, bath, beer, bankruptcy, bifocals, balding and beyond."
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bed bath and beyond, store, stores, consumer, consumers, consumerism, suburb, suburbs, suburban life, suburban lives, suburban lifestyle, suburban lifestyles, bald, balds, balding, middle age, middle aged, bankruptcy, bankruptcies, alliteration, alliterative, alliterate, alliterates, alliterating, bunion, bunionsPoker Moms
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moms, mom, mums, mum, mothers, mother, soccer mom, soccer moms, soccer mum, soccer mums, poker, poker player, poker players, poker enthusiasts, poker entusiast, pushy parents, pushy parent, supportive parents, supportive parents, suburbia, suburban, suburban life, suburbs, gambling, children, childhood, modern childhoodSign in front of a house reads "The Mortons - It's about family".
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house, houses, home, homes, family, families, sign, signs, signage, suburbs, suburbia, family home, family homes, property, properties, real estateLawrence of Suburbia
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lawrence of arabia, suburb, suburbs, the suburbs, suburbia, middle age, middle aged, middle class, ageing, getting older, getting old, mid life crisis, mid-life crisis, ride on lawnmower, ride on lawnmowers, ride-on lawnmower, ride-on lawnmowers, self important, self important, self-important, self-importance, t.e. lawrence, t e lawrence, first world war, ww1, wwi, hero, heroes, world war one, arab revolt"Don't look now, but I believe your snake is strangling that dog."
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animal, animals, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, dog, dogs, dog owner, dog owners, snake, snakes, snake owner, snake owners, pet snake, walking the dog, dog walking, walkies, leash, leashes, strangle, strangling, confused, mistaken, mistake, mistakes, misunderstanding, misunderstandings, neighbour, neighbours, neighbor, neighbors, suburbs, suburbia, strange, weird, unusual"The Imaginary Playmate Meets the Invisible Fence"
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urban development, develop, development, building, buildings, houses, house, construction, forest, forests, deforestation, tree, trees, cut down, destroy, destroyed, destruction, environment, nature, environmental destruction, housing development, housing developments, real estate, property, properties, suburbs, suburbans, suburbia, shoe, shoes, shoe house, shoe houses, old woman who live in a shoe, old woman, old women, nursery rhyme, nursery rhymes, rhyme, rhymes, poem, poems, poetry, literatureMinimum-Security Prison
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relationships, problems, marriage, psychology, prison, prisons, analogy, analogies, domestic life, suburban life, suburb, suburbs, minimum security, prisoner, prisoners, analogy, analogies, modern life, modern marriage, modern marriages, bored, boring, boring life, boring lives, jail, jails, jailed, antiseptic life, dull, dullness, dull life, dull lives, uninterested, uninteresting, mankoff"Entering Minivan Territory: Healthy Snacks Strictly Enforced
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