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Two possible theories", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/10/02/why-so-little-resistance-to-license-plate-cameras-across-suburbia-two-possible-theories/", "published_at": "2025-10-02T11:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbd5-43f8-7198-83aa-652f37749543", "title": "Record office vacancy rate in Chicago’s Loop", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/10/01/record-office-vacancy-rate-in-chicagos-loop/", "published_at": "2025-10-01T18:43:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbd5-43f8-7198-83aa-652f382ba2f5", "title": "The ongoing parking issues at American colleges and universities", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/30/the-ongoing-parking-issues-at-american-colleges-and-universities/", "published_at": "2025-09-30T10:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbd8-f96c-7345-aabe-45c6bec532cb", "title": "Starbucks as a symbol of neighborhood or community success, closing locations edition", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/29/starbucks-as-a-symbol-of-neighborhood-or-community-success-closing-locations-edition/", "published_at": "2025-09-29T14:23:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbd8-f96c-7345-aabe-45c6bf5c660d", "title": "Considering a community’s “moral geography”", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/27/considering-a-communitys-moral-geography/", "published_at": "2025-09-27T12:41:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbd8-f96c-7345-aabe-45c6bff7d274", "title": "Finding the world’s “coolest neighborhoods” and considering their “nowness”", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/26/finding-the-worlds-coolest-neighborhoods-and-considering-their-nowness/", "published_at": "2025-09-26T11:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbd8-f96c-7345-aabe-45c6c03c507d", "title": "Currently “a hodgepodge” approach toward e-bikes and e-scooters across suburbs", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/25/currently-a-hodgepodge-approach-toward-e-bikes-and-e-scooters-across-suburbs/", "published_at": "2025-09-25T11:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbd8-f96c-7345-aabe-45c6c0793e87", "title": "Birkenstock has 9 US stores. Here is how many are in the suburbs.", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/24/birkenstock-has-9-us-stores-here-is-how-many-are-in-the-suburbs/", "published_at": "2025-09-24T11:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbd8-f96c-7345-aabe-45c6c14865ef", "title": "Criticizing cities and ICE activity in complex suburbia", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/23/criticizing-cities-and-ice-activity-in-complex-suburbia/", "published_at": "2025-09-23T11:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbd8-f96c-7345-aabe-45c6c216519d", "title": "When music accompanists do not get to see what they are accompanying", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/22/when-music-accompanists-do-not-get-to-see-what-they-are-accompanying/", "published_at": "2025-09-23T03:01:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbd8-f96c-7345-aabe-45c6c2454226", "title": "Mortgage fraud rates very low – but on the rise?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/20/mortgage-fraud-rates-very-low-but-on-the-rise/", "published_at": "2025-09-20T11:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbd8-f96c-7345-aabe-45c6c2aa1f89", "title": "The percent of income Cook County residents pay to own their home", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/19/the-percent-of-income-cook-county-residents-pay-to-own-their-home/", "published_at": "2025-09-19T17:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbd8-f96c-7345-aabe-45c6c36c9286", "title": "“A board-game sociopath” and social interactions", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/18/a-board-game-sociopath-and-social-interactions/", "published_at": "2025-09-18T11:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbdc-9bfd-7226-8ab2-a53b2454f273", "title": "(Some?) suburbanites go apple picking", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/17/apple-picking-and-suburbanites/", "published_at": "2025-09-17T11:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbdc-9bfd-7226-8ab2-a53b24eb18b0", "title": "Suburban disillusionment and Rules for Radicals", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/16/suburban-disillusionment-and-rules-for-radicals/", "published_at": "2025-09-16T11:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbdc-9bfd-7226-8ab2-a53b25715edf", "title": "How much social information can we handle?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/15/how-much-social-information-can-we-handle/", "published_at": "2025-09-15T15:03:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbdc-9bfd-7226-8ab2-a53b259f710b", "title": "HOA and condo association fees as part of growing mortgage costs", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/12/hoa-and-condo-association-fees-as-part-of-growing-mortgage-costs/", "published_at": "2025-09-12T11:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbdc-9bfd-7226-8ab2-a53b26039d77", "title": "The inefficiency of the construction industry", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/11/the-inefficiency-of-the-construction-industry/", "published_at": "2025-09-11T11:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbdc-9bfd-7226-8ab2-a53b266e568b", "title": "How about creating suburban communities that only contain data centers?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/10/how-about-creating-suburban-communities-that-only-contain-data-centers/", "published_at": "2025-09-10T20:18:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbdc-9bfd-7226-8ab2-a53b270fc382", "title": "Repairing aging American housing", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/09/repairing-aging-american-housing/", "published_at": "2025-09-09T10:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbdc-9bfd-7226-8ab2-a53b27ce364c", "title": "The rise in LLC property owners in Chicago", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/08/the-rise-in-llc-property-owners-in-chicago/", "published_at": "2025-09-08T11:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbdc-9bfd-7226-8ab2-a53b2839b546", "title": "Costco, American consumption, and relationships with adversarial nations", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/06/costco-american-consumption-and-relationships-with-adversarial-nations/", "published_at": "2025-09-06T11:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbdc-9bfd-7226-8ab2-a53b28e937ee", "title": "Condos, investment properties, and limited demand in Canada", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/05/condos-investment-properties-and-limited-demand-in-canada/", "published_at": "2025-09-05T11:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe0-0efd-70b9-b67a-b015fafd8cf9", "title": "Avoiding the weather with walking that weaves in and out of buildings", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/04/avoiding-the-weather-with-walking-that-weaves-in-and-out-of-buildings/", "published_at": "2025-09-04T11:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe0-0efd-70b9-b67a-b015fba0ecec", "title": "When suburbs resist affordable housing proposals, what positive outcomes are possible?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/03/when-suburbs-resist-affordable-housing-proposals-what-positive-outcomes-are-possible/", "published_at": "2025-09-03T11:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe0-0efd-70b9-b67a-b015fbf9cd2c", "title": "The populations of the “safest and wealthiest suburbs” in the US", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/02/the-populations-of-the-safest-and-wealthiest-suburbs-in-the-us/", "published_at": "2025-09-02T11:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe0-0efd-70b9-b67a-b015fc418eac", "title": "The first presidential candidate from the suburbs", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/09/01/the-first-presidential-candidate-from-the-suburbs/", "published_at": "2025-09-01T14:14:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe0-0efd-70b9-b67a-b015fd040d7e", "title": "The lingering reminders of the railroads that once marked Chicago’s lakefront", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/08/29/the-lingering-reminders-of-the-railroads-that-once-marked-chicagos-lakefront/", "published_at": "2025-08-29T17:19:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe0-0efd-70b9-b67a-b015fd075b5b", "title": "Local control is essential to understanding American suburbs", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/08/28/local-control-as-a-foundation-to-american-suburbs/", "published_at": "2025-08-28T11:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe0-0efd-70b9-b67a-b015fda2c621", "title": "The percentage of realtors under age 30 went up 400% (*from 1% to 4%)", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/08/27/the-percentage-of-realtors-under-age-30-went-up-400-from-1-to-4/", "published_at": "2025-08-27T11:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe0-0efd-70b9-b67a-b015fdeb98e4", "title": "How would we know when there is a “housing panic”?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/08/26/how-would-we-know-when-there-is-a-housing-panic/", "published_at": "2025-08-26T11:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe0-0efd-70b9-b67a-b015fe5c898e", "title": "Measuring Walmart’s reach by its geographic proximity to 90% of Americans", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/08/25/measuring-walmarts-reach-by-its-geographic-proximity-to-90-of-americans/", "published_at": "2025-08-25T11:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe0-0efd-70b9-b67a-b015fef7d2e8", "title": "The suburban contexts of James Dobson and Focus on the Family", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/08/23/the-suburban-contexts-of-james-dobson-and-focus-on-the-family/", "published_at": "2025-08-23T11:53:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe3-4fe7-7369-847c-df66908738d4", "title": "An ongoing negative Trump narrative about cities", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/08/22/an-ongoing-negative-trump-narrative-about-cities/", "published_at": "2025-08-22T11:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe3-4fe7-7369-847c-df6691226453", "title": "The wealthy and big suburbs in the United States", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/08/21/the-wealthy-and-big-suburbs-in-the-united-states/", "published_at": "2025-08-21T11:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe3-4fe7-7369-847c-df669147b3d7", "title": "Seven suburbs added over 40,000 residents between 2013 and 2023", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/08/20/seven-suburbs-added-over-40000-residents-between-2013-and-2023/", "published_at": "2025-08-20T11:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe3-4fe7-7369-847c-df6691a8a858", "title": "The reasons Americans give for fighting against data centers in their communities", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/08/19/the-reasons-americans-give-for-fighting-against-data-centers-in-their-communities/", "published_at": "2025-08-19T11:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe3-4fe7-7369-847c-df6692a4c8e1", "title": "Horror films, the suburbs, and “the seedy underbelly of American promise”", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/08/18/horror-films-the-suburbs-and-the-seedy-underbelly-of-american-promise/", "published_at": "2025-08-18T11:29:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe3-4fe7-7369-847c-df669366ca72", "title": "Marijuana dispensaries and the ongoing reputation of suburban communities", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2025/08/16/marijuana-dispensaries-and-the-ongoing-reputation-of-suburban-communities/", "published_at": "2025-08-16T12:54:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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Pushing back against the housing plans of the wealthy in suburban Palo Alto original ↗

18 Dec 2025

McMansions as short-term rentals, fake images of downtown Chicago, and news about housing original ↗

17 Dec 2025

57+ years to build a highway ramp original ↗

16 Dec 2025

Letters to editor share why they like the suburbs original ↗

15 Dec 2025

How many data centers does the United States have, want, and need?original ↗

12 Dec 2025

Analyzing what Americans value by examining lots of obituaries original ↗

11 Dec 2025

The role of housing in the unsettled lives of American 30 to 45 year olds original ↗

9 Dec 2025

McMansions are now just another established housing style in the United States original ↗

8 Dec 2025

What it took for a successful suburban musician to push against their suburb’s push to go to college original ↗

6 Dec 2025

Schwinn once an important Chicago company but the industry and the world changed original ↗

5 Dec 2025

In the hands of American Christians after World War Two: atomic bombs, the cross, newspapers, the Bible original ↗

4 Dec 2025

My own inability to comprehend palm trees and Christmas decorations in one place original ↗

3 Dec 2025

A railroad merger that would stop Chicago area practice of freight handoffs between railroads original ↗

2 Dec 2025

What society defines as “sinful” and ranking the most sinful cities original ↗

1 Dec 2025

Sanctifying Suburbia reviewed in Review of Religious Research, The Anxious Bench year end best books original ↗

28 Nov 2025

Musician raised in the suburbs “grateful for the thousands of hours of sitting in my room playing guitar”original ↗

27 Nov 2025

Data centers as the largest construction project ever in Indiana original ↗

26 Nov 2025

An airport as an economic engine, Pittsburgh edition original ↗

25 Nov 2025

Growing up in the era of peak suburban shopping malls and movie theaters original ↗

24 Nov 2025

Finances, ideal lifestyles, and the push and pull away from cities experienced by young adults original ↗

22 Nov 2025

The rise of youth and rock music original ↗

21 Nov 2025

Chicago as the epicenter for the creation of American time zones original ↗

20 Nov 2025

Draw a five mile circle around Chicago area shopping malls and do you find the ingredients for a successful mall?original ↗

19 Nov 2025

Where “forgotten Americans” might live original ↗

18 Nov 2025

Zillow, realtors, and who can be a “neighborhood savant”original ↗

17 Nov 2025

Filming in a real place but not calling it that place in the movie original ↗

17 Nov 2025

Many don’t seem to like a 50 year mortgage; some lenders already offer a 40 year mortgage original ↗

14 Nov 2025

Fatal car crashes on six Chicago area highways rank among the most in the country original ↗

13 Nov 2025

Chicago, a city of (many suburban) neighborhoods original ↗

12 Nov 2025

How watching the TV show “Cribs” affected what viewers expected from their own homes original ↗

11 Nov 2025

The use of former Catholic properties includes homes for other congregations and giving the land back to a Tribal Nation original ↗

10 Nov 2025

Local history and Illinois high school mascots original ↗

8 Nov 2025

The geographic restrictions placed on Chicago’s Black residents by the turn of the twentieth century original ↗

7 Nov 2025

In a country with so much driving, rising numbers of car repossessions are consequential original ↗

6 Nov 2025

Compelling evidence that wealthy New Yorkers are headed to the suburbs after election of a new mayor?original ↗

5 Nov 2025

Local histories online and thrown into the AI training process original ↗

4 Nov 2025

White House construction turning building into a McMansion?original ↗

3 Nov 2025

The amount of building going on in the US to support AI original ↗

1 Nov 2025

Several ways AI could transform suburban life original ↗

31 Oct 2025

The prevalence of industry in 19th century American suburbs original ↗

30 Oct 2025

The pandemic gives residents to some places, the years afterward take them away original ↗

29 Oct 2025

Suburban moratoriums on data centers and warehouses; what might be built instead?original ↗

28 Oct 2025

Political prediction markets vs. political polls original ↗

27 Oct 2025

Not knowing about significant local events, bridge collapse edition original ↗

27 Oct 2025

Safety and other amenities in a narrative of why families choose to move to specific suburbs original ↗

24 Oct 2025

A scary front lawn, not full of weeds or leaves but frightening Halloween decorations original ↗

23 Oct 2025

The mostly Christian US House and Senate original ↗

22 Oct 2025

Some American cities have seen no gain in housing values for decades, others with large gains original ↗

21 Oct 2025

No Kings protests throughout the Chicago suburbs original ↗

20 Oct 2025

New publication – Finding Congregations through Online Searches: Possibilities and Perils original ↗

17 Oct 2025

How to make Toronto’s suburban streets look like Chicago’s suburban streets on screen original ↗

16 Oct 2025

Building a suburb or a “cozy city” in a video game original ↗

15 Oct 2025

Memorializing shopping malls that are demolished original ↗

14 Oct 2025

Music in public considering that the United States once had 500,000 jukeboxes original ↗

13 Oct 2025

China leads the world in highway miles – and has 24 hour traffic jams original ↗

11 Oct 2025

Jobs as economic engines and prestige for big cities original ↗

10 Oct 2025

Geology and a favorable location for humans in Concord, MA original ↗

9 Oct 2025

If New York City elects a progressive mayor, how many wealthy residents will flee for Westchester County?original ↗

8 Oct 2025

Chicago movie theaters converted years ago into churches original ↗

7 Oct 2025

When a suburb declines a train station along a proposed passenger line original ↗

6 Oct 2025

The unusual albums that can move massive quantities in their first week, Taylor Swift edition original ↗

6 Oct 2025

Why so little resistance to license plate cameras across suburbia? Two possible theories original ↗

2 Oct 2025

Record office vacancy rate in Chicago’s Loop original ↗

1 Oct 2025

The ongoing parking issues at American colleges and universities original ↗

30 Sept 2025

Starbucks as a symbol of neighborhood or community success, closing locations edition original ↗

29 Sept 2025

Considering a community’s “moral geography”original ↗

27 Sept 2025

Finding the world’s “coolest neighborhoods” and considering their “nowness”original ↗

26 Sept 2025

Currently “a hodgepodge” approach toward e-bikes and e-scooters across suburbs original ↗

25 Sept 2025

Birkenstock has 9 US stores. Here is how many are in the suburbs.original ↗

24 Sept 2025

Criticizing cities and ICE activity in complex suburbia original ↗

23 Sept 2025

When music accompanists do not get to see what they are accompanying original ↗

23 Sept 2025

Mortgage fraud rates very low – but on the rise?original ↗

20 Sept 2025

The percent of income Cook County residents pay to own their home original ↗

19 Sept 2025

“A board-game sociopath” and social interactions original ↗

18 Sept 2025

(Some?) suburbanites go apple picking original ↗

17 Sept 2025

Suburban disillusionment and Rules for Radicals original ↗

16 Sept 2025

How much social information can we handle?original ↗

15 Sept 2025

HOA and condo association fees as part of growing mortgage costs original ↗

12 Sept 2025

The inefficiency of the construction industry original ↗

11 Sept 2025

How about creating suburban communities that only contain data centers?original ↗

10 Sept 2025

Repairing aging American housing original ↗

9 Sept 2025

The rise in LLC property owners in Chicago original ↗

8 Sept 2025

Costco, American consumption, and relationships with adversarial nations original ↗

6 Sept 2025

Condos, investment properties, and limited demand in Canada original ↗

5 Sept 2025

Avoiding the weather with walking that weaves in and out of buildings original ↗

4 Sept 2025

When suburbs resist affordable housing proposals, what positive outcomes are possible?original ↗

3 Sept 2025

The populations of the “safest and wealthiest suburbs” in the US original ↗

2 Sept 2025

The first presidential candidate from the suburbs original ↗

1 Sept 2025

The lingering reminders of the railroads that once marked Chicago’s lakefront original ↗

29 Aug 2025

Local control is essential to understanding American suburbs original ↗

28 Aug 2025

The percentage of realtors under age 30 went up 400% (*from 1% to 4%)original ↗

27 Aug 2025

How would we know when there is a “housing panic”?original ↗

26 Aug 2025

Measuring Walmart’s reach by its geographic proximity to 90% of Americans original ↗

25 Aug 2025

The suburban contexts of James Dobson and Focus on the Family original ↗

23 Aug 2025

An ongoing negative Trump narrative about cities original ↗

22 Aug 2025

The wealthy and big suburbs in the United States original ↗

21 Aug 2025

Seven suburbs added over 40,000 residents between 2013 and 2023 original ↗

20 Aug 2025

The reasons Americans give for fighting against data centers in their communities original ↗

19 Aug 2025

Horror films, the suburbs, and “the seedy underbelly of American promise”original ↗

18 Aug 2025

Marijuana dispensaries and the ongoing reputation of suburban communities original ↗

16 Aug 2025