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Tag: suburbandespair

Streets, with walls.

This is Central Orange County. At least most of it. If you head inland more than a couple of miles and can’t smell the sea air any more, here’s what you get. This, interrupted by strip malls:

Street with wall #1

Here, have a whole set of those. More to come, I’m sure.

substitute Uncategorized 5 Comments March 19, 2011 1 Minute

I SEE ASPHALT: Stanton, CA

Little Caboose Taco Shop, Stanton CA

This is the least despairing of my latest suburban despair photo expedition. This time I was in Stanton, which is a small, boring, violent chunk of North Orange County. Stanton evokes for me, because it looks the way Costa Mesa did when I was a child in the 1970s: strip malls, asphalt, and piles of improbable small businesses.

increasing despair after the cut

substitute Uncategorized 19 Comments December 12, 2010 1 Minute

South Soto St., East Los Angeles

Bleak on Soto St

substitute Uncategorized 3 Comments August 10, 2010 1 Minute

Night in Santa Ana

Spooky House

On McFadden

More here: http://flickr.com/photos/ch/

substitute Uncategorized Leave a comment August 2, 2010 1 Minute

I’m a little bit country and a little bit grindcore

westworld
Today’s Suburban Joy Photo is Westworld Paintball, from the beautiful and talented flickr user mannydiller. The rest of this entry is entirely stolen and in the style of the Exploding Aardvark (please note new varklink).

IBEX ATTACK RUINS GIRL’S BIRTHDAY

MOMMY, MAKE THE RETAIL VEGGIE MASCOTS STOP LOOKING AT ME

HERE ARE THE TOP TEN STUPIDEST “AS SEEN ON TV” PRODUCTS

substitute Uncategorized 6 Comments August 25, 2006 1 Minute

This town is our town, this town is so glamorous.

Dentist, bus stop, and SUV

Bet you’d live here if you could and be one of us.

Continue reading “This town is our town, this town is so glamorous.” →

substitute Uncategorized 6 Comments July 13, 2006 1 Minute
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