Notable and Quotable

“The immaculate lawns and beautiful homes are a sort of facade that covers a growing loss of certainty in the future….”

–Robin Boyle, a professor of urban planning at Wayne State University, speaking to Time Magazine about the real situation in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit for a cover story in September entitled “Real Moms of Grosse Pointe”

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4 comments on “Notable and Quotable

  1. stjohnsrector says:

    Certainty in the future is always a facade. Who really can be certain? (and I have a pretty well manicured lawn in Grosse Pointe)

  2. Jeremy Bonner says:

    The relevant link is [url=http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2019759_2190536,00.html]here[/url]

  3. Chris says:

    #1, right the Prof. has his secular “we must be in control” blinders on. But has it not worsened in the last 2 years though? My sense is that the Great Lake, Desert Southwest and Florida have been particularly pummeled. I have a new neighbor in fact down here in SC – the guy who used to run GM.

  4. Kendall Harmon says:

    Great comment #1. Part of saying the Lord’s prayer every day is being reminded to drop the illusion that we are in control.