Our StyleWritten by Rob Davis 4/03/05We live in a house on a very busy streetout front the cars whiz byat certain times of the day it can really be toughjust getting out of the driveway can be really roughthe location definitely lacks the neighborhood feelbeing on a street with sidewalks and fenceshouses side by side that tend to have children insidewho meet their friends and run around and playwhose moms call them in at the end of the daylike the postcard type of neighborhood but one that is realwhen we moved to the burbs we lived in one like thatit was much better for our kids than a city habitatstill it was a major adjustment in many waysmainly for my wife who resisted the movedon't think you'll make me Sally Suburb she'd sayits pretty funny how things change over timethough we talk of moving back and where we would liveit's nice having space for her stuff and mineit would be hard to go back to a much smaller placewe did move from that sweet neighborhood after a few yearsto the house on the street where the cars whiz byit's a warm, friendly house though no sidewalks connect itand houses around are just too far awayfor a neighborhood and contact with neighbors each dayso wit kids all grown and off in their own livesour life is back to being about usthe traffic can be noisy in front of our housebut it's really quite peaceful out back in our yardthe kids stop by to chat about life, love or powerwith a granddaughter due we had our first baby showerit looks like we'll be in this house for a whileon the busy street where the cars all whiz byhard to believe but the city's just not our style. PrevMain BlogNext