Howard Ahmanson explores why non-suburbanites might distrust suburbanites:
It is popular in conservative circles, especially, to talk about ‘smaller government,’ but ‘smaller government’ is the last thing that suburbanites want if it means that whatever they were trying to leave behind can come into their neighborhood. … Interestingly enough, local governments have started to imitate homeowners’ associations, in that they claim the right to compel neatness and other things that traditionally a civil government did not claim beyond a demonstrable health or safety standard.
Living in Philadelphia as a conservative changed Rod Dreher's view of community:
With the nation in for a long stretch of hard times, I find within myself an urge to be around people like me. What I mean by that is not "white middle-class right-wingers," but rather people who share conservative morals (even if they are Democrats), and a religious sensibility — be it Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Mormon, Hindu, etc. These are my people, so to speak, not because they share my political views, my ethnicity, my income, or even my particular religion. Where do they live? Probably in the suburbs.
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