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#suburbia — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #suburbia, aggregated by home.social.

  1. The state of young Australians
    A crisis of social reproduction

    * “Many Australian children struggle with their mental health. Recent data shows around one in seven children (13.9%) aged 4–17 experiences a diagnosable mental illness.”

    “…We estimated that reducing factors such as parental psychological distress, hostile parenting and partner violence could potentially prevent up to 40% of severe and persistent mental health problems in young Australians.” >>
    theconversation.com/to-improve

    * Young Australians kept in the dark
    Australia’s social media ban preventing teenagers from accessing the news, research finds >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news

    * Sydney mum reveals the huge cost of the school run (Young people's socialisation into (car) dependency)
    "She would easily spend $170 a week on petrol, and drives between 80km and 90km often six or seven days a week, depending on what’s on. In 2024, the average household should budget between $10,000 and $25,000 a year to own car." >>
    drive.com.au/caradvice/scool-r
    #SocialReproduction #StateRetreat #CareDeficit #MentalHealth #anxiety #children #parenting #carers #family #DomesticViolence #violence #suburbia #sprawl #cars #MobilityDesign #CarDependency #work #WageStagnation #inequality #housing #instability #DoubleBurden #financialisation #outsourcing #SocialMedia #MSM #independence #citizens

  2. Hype for the Future 145L: Broomfield, Colorado

    Overview The consolidated City and County of Broomfield is a community located within the Greater Denver area in the State of Colorado along with nearby Adams and Arapahoe Counties in the area. Today, the Broomfield community is firmly suburban with respect to Denver and home to the Broomfield Depot Museum and the Broomfield Veterans Museum.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  3. As an introvert, the palpable feeling of relief when my lawn mowing session makes it into the back yard and away from all those strangers on the road/sidewalk, is pretty stark 😰 #Suburbia #Introversion

  4. The native Mole cricket

    Mole Cricket - Gryllotalpa sp and its Chirping Call >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=j-wEtmNLMg

    "Before they develop the land they wipe out all the vegetation, and then people grow introduced plants. If the area is big enough they will wipe out everything...Introduced lawn grass and plants won’t allow them to come back, because it’s not the habitat it used to be. So urbanisation makes a big impact on not only crickets but everything.” >>
    au.news.yahoo.com/womans-remar

    Extinction of experience >>
    besjournals.onlinelibrary.wile
    #crickets #Gryllotalpa #lawn #turf #monoculture #suburbia #sprawl #insects #SoundEcology #pesticides #silence