Urban seediness was the opposite of suburban tranquility. In fact, the suburbs were where you fled to escape seediness, to protect your children from it. The suburbs were clean, and the city was dirty. The suburbs enjoyed empty streets, while city streets hosted vagabonds and drug addicts. More than anything else, the suburbs were orderly—with houses, lawns, people, and cars all in their place. The city was disorderly, a tangle of people and noise and unclear rules.
