Museums are the anthropological screened porches of…

“When asked why he wrote the book, Freed said: In the 1980s, I joined the small group of anthropologists who were writing about the…

— Stanley A. Freed

In my view, suburbia in general has very poor prospects. I think it will only become devalued and probably more dangerous. It's chief characteristic…

— James Howard Kunstler

“The best scenario for a genius to be born is a suburban area, not choc-a-bloc a place, for wits prefer quietness.”

— Lana M. Rochel

I grew up in suburbia, so it's a world I'm familiar with... but in my experience, all the families that I grew up thinking…

— Jeff Baena

I believe most of suburbia is unreformable and will not be fixed.

— James Howard Kunstler

“The side effects of growing up ‘just outside of [insert major urban center here] are many but practically intangible. This is logical given the…

— Sloane Crosley

What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy…

— Harlan Coben

People in suburbia see trees differently than foresters do. They cherish every one. It is useless to speak of the probability that a certain…

— Roger Swain

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays

— Beth Henley

“As I do my best to haggle down the prices further, Mr. Williams responds with a pained expression on his face, “Oh my, you…

— Simon Brass

'Jesus of Suburbia' is such a dynamic song from start to finish; it's nine minutes of craziness and hectic-ness and emotion... It's one of…

— Aquaria

The thing you gotta understand about L.A. is that everything is suburbia. Los Angeles isn't set up like San Francisco or New York.

— Rick Famuyiwa

“... Women's impulse to change her own rhythms in the face of an environment constructed to retain her as guardian of the suburban hearth.”

— Nancy Rubin Stuart

“As he pushed the shopping cart down the narrow aisles [of Whole Foods]he noted two distinct types: the wild-haird bohemians who worked there, and…

— Dan Pope

I was aware that you weren't supposed to write about suburbia, that it was undignified in some way, the subject matter not momentous enough.…

— Jeffrey Eugenides