To walk in a very gingerly and deliberate fashion because of swollen and painful feet or just plain old "bad" feet. Not to be confused with shuffling, this term originated down south in the 1920s-30s-40s. Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor often used this colorful rare word. Origin unknown.
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Annette had a baby and now they live in public housing, in a development called Meadowbrook.
damn I been waiting on that public housing list for 6 months!!
damn I been waiting on that public housing list for 6 months!!
by Angelacia June 10, 2007
Get the public housing mug.Now, I want you to store this in your little brain housing group...This is my rifle, this is my gun...This is for fighting and this is for fun.
by C_Dog23 April 27, 2006
Get the brain housing group mug.Eastside Brantford:
- Eastdale Projects or Eastdale Gardens
- Darling Apartments
- Charlotte Apartments
- Nelson Heights
- Richard Beckett Projects
- Grey Winds Projects
- Daleview Projects
- St. Basil's Community Homes
Eagle Place
- Riverside Gardens
Northside
- Westglen Projects
- Branlyn Projects
- Brier Park Houses
- Northland Houses
West Brantford
- Lorne Towers
- John Noble Apartments
- Harmony Homes
- Brant Projects
- Eastdale Projects or Eastdale Gardens
- Darling Apartments
- Charlotte Apartments
- Nelson Heights
- Richard Beckett Projects
- Grey Winds Projects
- Daleview Projects
- St. Basil's Community Homes
Eagle Place
- Riverside Gardens
Northside
- Westglen Projects
- Branlyn Projects
- Brier Park Houses
- Northland Houses
West Brantford
- Lorne Towers
- John Noble Apartments
- Harmony Homes
- Brant Projects
by BrantfordFacts November 25, 2020
Get the Brantford Housing Projects mug.Tract housing (also known as cookie-cutter housing) is a style of housing development in which multiple identical or nearly-identical homes are built to create a community. Tract housing developments may encompass dozens of square miles. Tract housing developments are typically found in North American suburbs that were modeled on the "Levittown" concept.
Tract housing development only makes use of a few designs, and labor costs are reduced because workers only need to learn the skills and movements of constructing a limited variety of home designs. In addition, as all homes in the development will be built at the same time, the cost of purchasing and transporting building supplies may be reduced due to economies of scale. Components such as roof trusses, plumbing trees, and stair systems are often fabricated in factories and installed on site. This allows contractors to reduce prices, which in turn can make homes more affordable (and more accessible to a larger percentage of the population) and may also allow contractors to reap higher profits.
Early tract homes were often identical, but more recently built tract homes no longer look identical from the exterior.
The concept of tract housing is occasionally mocked in American popular culture as the basis of a sterile and dispiriting suburbia. Nonetheless, the use of tract housing in new American suburban developments continues to dominate.
Tract housing development only makes use of a few designs, and labor costs are reduced because workers only need to learn the skills and movements of constructing a limited variety of home designs. In addition, as all homes in the development will be built at the same time, the cost of purchasing and transporting building supplies may be reduced due to economies of scale. Components such as roof trusses, plumbing trees, and stair systems are often fabricated in factories and installed on site. This allows contractors to reduce prices, which in turn can make homes more affordable (and more accessible to a larger percentage of the population) and may also allow contractors to reap higher profits.
Early tract homes were often identical, but more recently built tract homes no longer look identical from the exterior.
The concept of tract housing is occasionally mocked in American popular culture as the basis of a sterile and dispiriting suburbia. Nonetheless, the use of tract housing in new American suburban developments continues to dominate.
Laura spends her days in her tract housing community with her young son while her husband goes off to work. She leaves only to run trivial errands like buying flour or getting a haircut. On the surface they are living the American Dream; she is nevertheless deeply unhappy.
by mybodyisacage October 8, 2009
Get the Tract housing mug.The only gritty and dangerous section of middle to upper class Rockville Centre, NY. Located on North Centre Avenue, it gets very shady here late @ night. Unsavory characters in hoodies congregate here. Just a few yards away on North Village avenue lies million dollar homes. The Rockville Centre Projects even have the token bodega in front of them right next to the Martin Luther King community center. Robberies take place here all the time and there was even a shooting out front back in 2007. Don't let people fool ya when they say Rockville Centre is 100% safe. These projects border the area of Lakeview which borders hempstead.
The Rockville Centre Housing Authority, TRANSLATION: " The Rockville Centre HOUSING PROJECTS are a dangerous place to hang around.
by The Punisher MAD MAX January 17, 2010
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