The suburbs have always ”” well, nearly always ”” been with us. In the sixth century B.C., rich urbanites retreated to the quiet, unspoiled outskirts of Babylon. Americans have taken the concept somewhat further; today more of us live in what the writer Michael Pollan has called Burbopolis than in urban centers, and issues like gardening, barbecues and Little League have been replaced by McMansions, highways and slums.
Into the maze of facts and theories about today's suburbia has stepped the Katonah Museum of Art, itself ensconced in a high-end burb some 40 miles north of Manhattan. Its show, "I {heart} the Burbs," is a lighthearted but sharp-eyed exploration of suburbia as states of mind as well as physical environments. NYT
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