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    Olde Raleigh is About as non-Colonial as you can get

    Don’t let the name fool you, folks… It is just another gated community that tried to create an instant identity by giving itself a colonial name.  Drone footage leaves nothing to the imagination.  It is all a tacky ruse to legitimize $1M+ homes

    Here are the lyrics to Malvina Reynolds’ 1962 song “Little Boxes” that describes the neighborhood:

    Little boxes on the hillside,
    Little boxes made of ticky tacky,
    Little boxes on the hillside,
    Little boxes all the same.
    There’s a green one and a pink one
    And a blue one and a yellow one,
    And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
    And they all look just the same.

    And the people in the houses
    All went to the university,
    Where they were put in boxes
    And they came out all the same,
    And there’s doctors and lawyers,
    And business executives,
    And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
    And they all look just the same.

    And they all play on the golf course
    And drink their martinis dry,
    And they all have pretty children
    And the children go to school,
    And the children go to summer camp
    And then to the university,
    Where they are put in boxes
    And they come out all the same.

    And the boys go into business
    And marry and raise a family
    In boxes made of ticky tacky
    And they all look just the same.
    There’s a green one and a pink one
    And a blue one and a yellow one,
    And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
    And they all look just the same.

    (c) Schroder Music Company

    Peter Evans NC Raleigh Aug 01, 2022 Architecture City Planning Vernacular

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