Lahrmer vs. Owens, suburbs responce

After reading Patricia Lahrmer's article, "Slowly calling the burbs home," and then looking at Bill Ownes photos of what he thought the suburbs was. I found that both of these authors views on the suburban life is very similar. First reading Lahrmer article, she talks about how living in the suburbs is boring, but at the same time it is nice to have neighbors close to you who care for you and what is going on around the neighborhood. Lahrmer talks about how nice it is to have a neighbor go out of their way to bring in your newspaper, knowing you forgot to cancel the service when you were out of town. Lahrmer also tells a story about when a dog was hurt in her court and the entire neighborhood was outside concerned and trying to help, to her that is what the suburbs was all about. Then, when I studied Bill Ownes photos of the suburban life. I found that Owens photos were exactly what Lahrmer was describing in her article. Ownes has many pictures of families together eating dinner, siting in the living room together and pictures of neighborhood block parties. I also noticed that in Owens photos he was trying to express that the suburbs was a boring place to live. In most of Owens photos you can tell he was trying to exhaust that fact that the suburbs is a family oriented place to live. Owens showed that with the many pictures of parents outside with their children, playing and eating dinner together, similar to what Patricia Lahrmer had said about the suburbs. I do think that Owens and Lahrmer have the same views to what the suburbs is.