The Best Places to Live
Illustration by Alanna Cavanaugh
The Classic Suburbanite
Barrington
It’s been called Borington, and that’s just fine with the residents of this perfect little suburb. This is the best place to live if you’re into the Scott’s five-step lawn fertilizer program, weekend barbecues and teaching your 2.4 children how to ride their bike on a freshly paved street. Crime is low, 100 percent of the schools are considered high performing and the kids have an academic home advantage: nearly 80 percent of Barrington moms have at least a bachelor’s degree, the highest in the state. What would the suburbs be without services and stores to cater to Ward and June Cleaver? Modeled after the village centers of New York’s Westchester County, Barrington’s downtown has a faux brick median running between the two traffic lanes and street lamps adorned with overflowing flower baskets installed and maintained by the local garden club. There are high-end women’s chain stores, quaint boutiques and a friendly bookstore. The sign of a desirable town is the reaction you get when people discover you live there. You know you’re in one when someone says, “Oh, you’re in Baaaaaarrington.”
And when I was done reading this section I just was wondering if this is something people really want. :)
4 comments:
I had foster parents in Barrington. They were pretty great. The kids loooooved their home.
Yeah, that's actually something I want. However, I would like a whole number of children, because 2.4 is a little creepy.
Rachel, you make me laugh. :)
Well, that's good! Chris always points out the fact that I'm usually the only one laughing at my jokes, but that obviously isn't totally true =0
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