tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post6534150773914755674..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Suburban archaeologyagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-75729081374878948192012-01-08T19:32:35.203-05:002012-01-08T19:32:35.203-05:00This is more appropriate for the previous post, bu...This is more appropriate for the previous post, but not sure how many will still be reading that. You mentioned that England's homicide rate kept rising after America's. It occurred to me that "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland are generally thought to have ended only in 1998 with the Good Friday Agreement. So you might check out bands from there to see if they seem different from others of the time.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-5827189188800397642012-01-07T03:51:01.350-05:002012-01-07T03:51:01.350-05:00Just a quick observation about some suburban archa...Just a quick observation about some suburban archaeology I'm familiar with in New Orleans. So many areas of 1920-1960 suburban neighborhoods, the kind of places you would kill to live, with gorgeous shotgun doubles, bungalows, and many other unique homes. Walking distance to everything you need.<br /><br />Circa 1960-2012 they were gradually taken over by low income african amer. families as whites felt more and more threatened by the rising crime and left for more distant suburbia.<br /><br />Now run down, dilapidated, and dangerous. Abandoned. After Katrina, most of the residents left. Gangs stayed. It's the kind of place that if it were in San Francisco, would have become reclaimed and thriving. But now too risky to invest in if it were to flood again. <br /><br />Ironic that the classic architecture of the city is preserved by poverty, and repels the SWPL crowd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com