Sloburb
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Sloburb is a portmanteau word combining the words "slob" and "suburb." As Bryant (1974) notes, the sloburbs, "unplanned or poorly planned residential [districts] in or near the outskirts of a city," are different from downtowns where one can enjoy the modern facilities and from countryside where one can enjoy the fresh air.[1] Also, sloburbs are not places where people can fulfill their aesthetic needs or to satisfy their soul.
- Quotations
- "The sloburbs have none of the advantages of country, village or genuine city life. They do not, like real cities, provide a sufficiently large minority of citizens of intellectual and artistic taste to support cultural institutions proportionate to the size of their populations. Neither do they provide that "life of the streets" which is another of the chief attractions offered by a real city. Anywhere in a sloburb one may buy gasoline, cocktails, beer and hamburgers. But one cannot go window-shopping of indulge in any of the other activities which in New York or San Francisco draw strollers down the streets of the urban core. Neither, of course, can one breathe fresh air or enjoy the beauties of nature. One can only breathe gas fumes and revel in the glow of neon."[2]
- References
- ^ Bryant, M. M. (Autumn - Winter, 1974) "Blends Are Increasing" American Speech, Vol. 49, No. 3/4, pp. 163-184.
- ^ Krutch, J. W. (1967). "And Even If You Do; Essays on Man, Manners and Machines". New York: Morrow.
