Nostalgic for the small-town life? Facebook provides a perfect way to play pretend.
I grew up in an extremely normal suburb in central Connecticut. It was big enough that we had more than one Dunkin’, but small enough that we didn’t have a Starbucks. As a teen, my friends and I spent a lot of time in cars, idling outside our crushes houses until someone came to the front window and then we’d peel away, a blur of manicured lawns disappearing behind us. My town was fine, but as a dramatic teenager I found it lacking the cultural cache that could elevate my tortured existence.
A year ago, on the suggestion of a friend, I joined my town’s community Facebook group. At first, I just thought it would be good for a laugh. But as a 32-year-old living in New York, I am touched by its dedication to chronicling the minutia of suburbia. So now, whenever I need to distract myself from the work I should be doing or the worst parts of city living, I lurk in the group, vicariously living out my suburban fantasy.
A typical morning commute for me involves dodging dead rats on the sidewalk and getting stuck underground in an airless subway car. My entire apartment is two rooms inside of a multifamily house with thin walls. There’s nowhere in the city that doesn’t smell like piss. At times, it feels like there’s no escape from other bodies. That’s when I retreat to my town’s Facebook group and lose large chunks of time mindlessly scrolling.
To be clear, I do not want to move back to the suburbs. Despite evident drawbacks, I love living in a city. The thing that once defined my youth is something I haven’t had to do in years: Drive a car. I don’t miss that or the fact that everything in the suburbs closes at 9 p.m. And as much as I think I want more space, I don’t know what I’d do with it. I can barely keep my two rooms clean.
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