another city another entry

ah yes, here i am finding myself in the city of independence ohio, a suburb of cleveland to the near south. the first thing that i noticed about this city is that it has a very strict building code for commercial entities as well as a sign ordinance. i find cities like this to be very drab and uninviting despite its otherwise overtly antiseptic looks. And much like all other strict cities, it has the same "every building needs to be surrounded in standard brick colored in cat puke brown" feel about it. i was recently in the city of dublin, ohio and it too is like that, except perhaps more so. whats even funnier is that there is a two-story mcdonalds surrounded in that ugly brick that looks like something you might have found in some 1950's "the world is perfect now that the war is over" novel among houses with white pickett fences, mom, dad 2 and a half kids, and a golden retriever. I could never live in a city like this, and i'm convinced that the only reason people do live here is because they view their house as merely an economic investment and not a home and thus expect property values to sky rocket.

Could YOU live in a place like this? If so, tell me why - I'm truly interested!