The Oil Drum

Not to burst your bubble, Odo, but it's a comparison that may not generalize well. On the one hand we're looking at what seems to be a typical affluent region (sprawl?) near Pittsburgh. On the other hand we're comparing it the somewhat self-righteous yuppie/professional but old-line region of Madison, Wisconsin close to the dealer, the sort of place where the houses are grand and old, the leafy curvy streets have sidewalks and are infested with speed bumps and "slow for kids" lawn signs, and despite all that, almost no one is walking (on most days of the year it's too hot, too cold, too rainy, or too icy.) And on the third hand - so much for that metaphor - Madison is sort of a Berkeley East to begin with.