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Originally Posted by Crawford
In Metro Detroit, it's common for higher income Middle Eastern immigrants to build large, arguably gaudy homes on major arterials.
This is kind of odd in a Midwest WASPy context in that you usually want to be away from major roads, in a quiet, secluded location. But these homes are front-and-center, on giant roadways. And Metro Detroit has no shortage of giant arterials.
Homes like this:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/30...!4d-83.2821245
These are newish homes fronting on an 6-8-lane high-speed highway, with 24/7 truck traffic. It's like living directly on an interstate. |
oh wow, median barrier and everything. Can't even turn left out of your driveway!
Yea I have to feel those people want to be there to "Show" their wealth. Nuts, dead opposite desires for me, but I fit that WASP mold pretty much perfectly so it makes sense.
The lack of trees in Italian and southern European areas is definitely noticeable. If there are any trees, they aren't more than 10ft high or so. Often times the houses will be immaculately landscaped, but with barely a tree in sight.
So is the general lack of landscaping interest in many new immigrant communities, even if they don't have an aversion to trees to the same extent. Heavily Asian areas of the suburban GTA are famous for poor landscaping maintenance.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.8568...7i16384!8i8192
Uncut lawns are incredibly common in Markham, a dominantly east asian area, yet extremely rare if not unheard of in almost any primarily Caucasian neighbourhood. Look up and down that street, probably 1/5 houses doesn't have it's yard cut. I wonder if it's because of a greater dominance of investment properties, cultural differences, or what?
The dominantly Italian area of Hamilton, Lower Stoney Creek, is full of houses like this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2242...7i13312!8i6656
Very well manicured, but not large trees.