#suburbia — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #suburbia, aggregated by home.social.
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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.” >>
https://theconversation.com/to-improve-childrens-mental-health-start-by-supporting-their-parents-271944* Young Australians kept in the dark
Australia’s social media ban preventing teenagers from accessing the news, research finds >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/19/australias-social-media-ban-preventing-teens-from-accessing-the-news-research-finds* 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." >>
https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/scool-run-australia-cost-2024/
#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 -
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.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/hype-for-the-future-145l-broomfield-colorado/
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Hype for the Future 125F: Extensions of Middletown, Ohio
Introduction According to the United States Postal Service, the City of Middletown is defined by ZIP codes 45042, 45044, and 45005 (Franklin). The northern side of the city is associated with ZIP code 45042, and the southern side is primarily with ZIP code 45044. Interestingly, the ZIP code boundaries for 45044 also contain much of Liberty Township further south within Butler County, at least within the areas generally east of Mauds Hughes Road, according to the official ZCTA […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/hype-for-the-future-125f-extensions-of-middletown-ohio/
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Hype for the Future 108D → Modern Suburban Developments in Smaller Communities
Introduction Though suburban sprawl often dominates in the modern outskirts of major and even minor cities, smaller communities, often of fewer than twenty-five thousand (25,000) residents, may have a more comprehensive sidewalk or related infrastructural network, even in the suburban zones. Within such suburban zones, however, the sidewalk network is often identified in the abstract as substandard, as with the sidewalk networks along major highways in modern suburban […] -
🎵 Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes all the same 🎵One minute you're a lower limestone formation with sedimentary rock cycles, the next someone's gone and stuck a mine through your coal seams stretching across/under the entire Firth of Forth.
Former colliery site: https://canmore.org.uk/site/68090/seafield-colliery
#kirkcaldy #coalmine #geology #geologyrocks #Scotland #drone #photography #landscape #FirthOfForth #Fife #coast #suburbia #industrial
