The local newspaper in the ultimate suburb in which I reside ran simultaneous articles on how our kids are stressed out and the advent of yet another “upscale” mall serving the conspicuous consumers who populate our burg. Like George Washington Plunkett, “I seen my opportunities and I took ‘em,” sending the below letter to the editor:
4/26/07
The Wednesday 4/25 Sun contained a perspicacious cover article on our kids’ being stressed out by, inter alia, too much competition in school and sports and the pressure of living up to “that perfect image.” The same issue contained news of a nascent “lifestyle center” on our southern border in Plainfield, The Shops at the Polo Club, which will be anchored by an upscale Von Maur department store and contain not just any old grocery or clothing stores but a “gourmet” grocery store” and a “specialty fashion retailer.”
What a happy confluence of events! Upscale Naperville parents can stroll the aisles of this latest monument to the sybariticism that characterizes our society while ruminating on the possible causes of their kids’ being stressed out by the pressure of having to live up to “that perfect image.”
Ah, the irony afforded by juxtaposition!
Mark Quinn
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