I enjoyed Brooks presentation of this book on TV. In particular, I enjoyed his tale of the suburban men's Saturday activity at Home Depot- drooling over the Weber Genesis Grill- a patio stove named for a book of the Bible. Sure enough, I went to Home Depot for the Saturday morning run, the cleaners, Home Depot, and Costco, and checked out the Genesis Grill. No one making burnt offerings there, however.Brooks is a DC guy, which is a peculiar subset of the East Coast guys. I have been to all of the 'burbs he pokes fun at- Highlands Ranch, CO, et al (nope, don't want to live there. Prefer a university town Northwest of Denver).There are small towns all over the west, which are more complete cities than the one in which he lives.His view of the 'burbs is well written and amusing, but relects shallow thought, like a dumb blonde joke.