I took exception to it musically; but as commentary it was spot on. And no, it is not an attack on a class of people with aspirations. It is an attack on a civilization that commits itself to ugly. The agreements between the developers, the city managers, the architects and buyers that uglification is an optimum path is the pathetic target of Ms Reynolds sardonic lyric, not the desire of people to live somewhere.

The homes of Daly City and of other fast-flow developments in the 60's from New Jersey to San Diego were built on an equation of speed and profit over aesthetic. Like the worst of British row-housesa the problem is not that they were inexpensive but they suffered from the most moribund kind of pedestrian vision in their design.

Settling for cookie-cutter existence is a bit of a sin.


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