“It was a sign that the homeowner was not only well-off, but stable and dependable. In simplest terms, he was a family man...He might have to spend his days in the hellish city, but his wife and children would be spared...The line between the home itself and the idealization of the family was blurred.” (70) The division between life and work.

(Palen, J. John. The Suburbs. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. Print.)