I think there are two prevailing views of the suburbs in the States: either they're this sort of tedious place, where everyone is the same, buys the same food and drives around in their little minivans, or the view is that the suburbs are extremely perverse in a humorous way.
“A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.”
“I had me jaw broken, and so my chin stuck way out. That's how I became tough - I learned to pick up anything and fight back.”