Dwelling on the 'burbs

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For some city-dwellers, it’s an article of faith that the suburbs are a cultural wasteland. If you want to hear a concert or see a play, they believe, you’ve got to come to the big city. Of course, this formulation is partly a matter of self-image: The anti-suburbanists see themselves as aesthetes who endure the wear and tear of city life (and forgo the creature comforts of the ‘burbs) so they can surround themselves with high culture.

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