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The Myth of the American Sleepover, Ann Arbor, 2012

Myth of the American Sleepover

Suburban ennui

by Michael Betzold

posted 10/6/2012

I grew up in suburban Detroit, and there was an odd sort of stagnancy to my childhood. Growing up in a place where people bragged they hadn't been to downtown Detroit in decades made me feel the defining feature of the place was being proudly immune to social change.

 
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