Introduction: Panel #3

        Think of this  Introduction to Wilbur's Suburbo as if it were Marc Antony's speech in Julius Caesar.  Prologue.  It is necessary to establish all that New York City has, all that it offers, when one considers the move to the suburbs.  My parents' generation created "suburbia" (for white people) after WW II and, for many of them, it was in pursuit of what became a cliche: the space, the car, the white picket fence, the "safety."  Here in 2018 all that has changed.  Our urban centers are bursting at the seams and affordable housing in New York is a challenge.  The suburbs are well-established as their own world and now I find myself surrounded by generations, literally, who only know the suburbs.  The older residents still consider the city "crazy" and "scary" and theirs is a level of parochialism that explains some of the Trump crossover voting in 2016, for sure.

            That's all a way of explaining why these introductory panels are focused on New York City.  For me, it is not "The Dream Deferred" but a Lost World, now viewed from the "safety" and "benefits" of the Suburban environment that will be the focus of ALL the chapters to follow (starting late next week).  So, thanks for your patience and continued reading.

            The Suburbo​ continues.