Still the gold standard in suburban bleak

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suburban desert dwelling, originally uploaded by mannydiller.

Manny Diller's series of suburban Phoenix photos needs to be a book.

Comments

[jakeinhartsel.livejournal.com]

Well the big plus is the owner isn't wasting a lot of valuable water on a lawn!

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking, wow, that looks like Phoenix, when I read the caption!

I have friends there, so I visit occasionally, but the summers there are frankly downright frightening. The place isn't really human habitable.

[handstil.livejournal.com]

I LOVE suburban home photography.
This dude is a favorite;
http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/mar/hido/

[dr-strych9.livejournal.com]

Not bleak enough. Needs bars on the windows. The kind that don't open from the inside.

[vegemitelover.livejournal.com]

I am wondering if those posts are the metal kind. I could see some kids making a habit using this front yard as an alternate path through the neighborhood. I'm not speaking from experience or anything.

On another point, having lived in VegASS when I when I was 10, the scary part about a yard like this is that you actually have to weed it on a regular basis to retain it's pristine dismal state.

[berg74.livejournal.com]

If it wasn't for the catus it could have been Garden Grove

[smokeysizzlebar.livejournal.com]

I'd live there.