Monday, October 20, 2008

Home Comparison

My home is vastly different than the community described in this story. The author talks about a thriving community with homes constantly being built in an upper middle class to rich society. My town is a small quiet community that is growing a lot, but it has a long way to go to catch up with this town. The phrase that caught my eye is that of people enjuying their 3 cheese omelets and strawberry waffles overlooking the fairway. In my hometown the nicest you get is Waffle House or IHOP, which is nowhere near a golf course. This suburbia is a very corporate driven community with homes and buildings aceraging in the 200,000 thousand dollar range. My home has its share of wealthy folks, but the majority is a much more middle class average town. We don't have any lavish buildings unless you count the mall. We have a YMCA, but it is nothing in comparison to the state of the art work out center the author describes from his home town. Hardly anyone is seen with a Porsche or BMW, and as the author states, "walls are everywhere". There is virtually no place that is off limits in my home town, except for the occasional small neighborhood of wealthy people. My home town has much more in common with the neighboring town Henderson that is described in the story. It is a blue collar community where everyone is involved with one another.

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