Parking Lots: An Oasis For Youth

A look at the role of parking lots in suburban youth culture.

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August 25, 2005, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"It's re-enacted on almost any given night in any town where an abundance of cars and acres of asphalt are readily available to the young and the restless. A parking lot may be an ugly, utilitarian place, but to the American teenager it can be irresistibly attractive, a blacktop oasis safe from parents and teachers."

Thanks to katherine holland

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