Word: suburb
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rare chance to meet the ordinary people--the young future leaders of this Boston suburb," Chase said. Then Chase spoke about life in the outside world. "It's so exciting--the world. It's such a flexible world. I'm proud for you and I'm proud for me and so very, very horny," Chase said, adding "I meant flattered...
Like the Americans, the West Germans love their cars. There are no speed limits on the two autobahns that flank the suburb, and most commuters drive the twelve miles to Cologne instead of taking the train, which comes only hourly. But many of the cars in Rösrath are gas-sipping compacts or minis, an understandable situation with the price of fuel at $1.40 a gallon. The few standard-size American cars stand out like whales in a school of porpoises...
...energy-saving advantage that Rösrath has over Hinsdale is that the German suburb, unlike the American, has conveniently located shopping areas. An everyday sight is a housewife pedaling her bicycle home from the supermarket, straining to see over the top of grocery bags stuffed into the handlebar basket. Rösrath teen-agers can get where they have to go on bicycles or mopeds-bikes powered by a small, auxiliary motor that can cover 200 miles or so on a gallon of gas. There is no compulsion for adults to go into Cologne in search of entertainment. Rosrath...
...srath's moderate climate helps energy conservation. During the Hinsdale summers, the mercury often climbs into the 90s, but it seldom rises above the mid-70s in the German suburb, which has no need for air conditioning. In the winter, when the temperature averages about 25° in Hinsdale, Rösrath has comparatively balmy readings in the mid-30s. As it happens, Rösrath also benefits from the coincidental fact that wood is scarce: virtually every building is made of stone or brick slathered generously with gray-white plaster. Windows tend to be small, doors heavy...
...have any thought of buying a house figure they had better move immediately before the price of single-family homes climbs beyond the reach of all but the wealthiest. Says Atlanta Businessman Rod Kinder, 51, who paid $89,500 for a New England type house in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody last month: "We decided to buy now before it got out of the realm of reality altogether. It was now or never...