I grew up in a big ol' tract development built in the 50's - post WWII spawning ground. It was pretty damn sterile. Given the choice, I'd rather have grown up on my grandparent's tobacco farm in Kentucky. I suppose my mother wouldn't have thought much of the option, but that's another story.
Ernestine, my sad eyed friend, I think part of the reason I love "The Simpson's" is because it pokes fun at that whole suburban tract home life style and resulting manner of thought. As an adult I have never lived ANYWHERE that even faintly smells of a tract home. I'll go to the extremes of 30 miles out in the country or the depths of the city - anywhere BUT suburbia! I do manage to catch the occasional show on PBS between "Simpson's" episodes. I just don't discuss them because I'm never sure I remembered them correctly.
