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R E A D I N G S O C I O - S P A T I A L I N T E R P L A Y P A R T 2into the part of the area that has single-family houses. Extendedimmigrant families move with the whole extended family intoone house. The house is then often expanded in ways that canbe described as “unusual in a Norwegian setting”. They alsooften rent out parts of the house. In general these houses thenconsist of more inhabitants than similar houses withNorwegians. There is also a lot of traffic to some of theimmigrant houses, as they tend to become gathering places.Both the traffic and the music at times challenge her tolerance.“At a recent public viewing in a nearby single family house,there were only immigrants that showed up” (#424).A philol<strong>og</strong>ist in his fifties has lived at Furuset with hisfamily since early 1980s. He goes for walks at Furuset, bikingor skiing in Lillomarka, is an enthusiastic runner, and both heand his youngest daughter play handball at Furuset. He alsoenjoys going for walks in the urban streets of Oslo.Occasionally they go downtown to eat out, for movies ortheater. He is a member of the residents association (FurusetVel), the local sports club (handball) and a “garden club”, buthe says that he rarely participates in local meetings orarrangements, except those related to handball, and the partiesarranged by Furuset Vel. In the summertime they often inviteneighbours to barbecue in the garden. He also meets lots ofpeople he knows when he goes for walks or works in thegarden. He appreciates to live in a place with social diversity:“The social diversity increases the tolerance in the area, andthis is a benefit to all of us. It becomes much easier to do asone desires without worrying about standing out.” Most of thehouses for sale in this area are now sold to immigrants. “Theseare immigrant families that are settled in Norway looking forlarge houses for their extended families.” He himself does nothave much personal contact with immigrants, though he knowssome immigrant neighbours and parents (both by name andnationality). They have a nodding acquaintance, but also oftenexchange a few words when they meet. It also happens thatthey discuss each other’s garden projects or neighbourhoodissues such as the “Sentergata action”, but they rarely go intolong conversations about private or personal matters. Howeverhis children have many immigrant friends, and they often bringtheir friends home. He knows that a lot of problems at Furusetare said to be related to immigrants, but he has never had any310
R E A D I N G S O C I O - S P A T I A L I N T E R P L A Y P A R T 2negative experiences himself, and neither have any of hischildren (#427).At Furuset the informants also describe minor everyday confrontationsrelated to otherness as an integrated part of their everyday life in theneighbourhood:A Pakistani housewife at 30 came to Norway in 1997. Herhusband was also born in Pakistan, but raised in Norway. Theymoved here three years ago; “the moment we saw this nicesemi-attached house for sale, we wanted it”. She didn’t likeFuruset at first, only this neighbourhood which is nice andcalm. Also the neighbours appear to be agreeable, so living atFuruset turned out to be much better than she had expected.She regularly sees a group of Pakistani neighbours. They meetin each other’s homes, but she has also got acquainted to manyof the Norwegian neighbours. Some of them does complainthough that she plays too loud music when she’s alone at homeat daytime. Those who complain are Norwegians, and since shebelieves they do so only because they dislike Pakistani music(and not because it’s too loud), she ignores the complaints: “Idon’t exactly approve of their music taste either, but they arenice and friendly neighbours – even when they grumble aboutmy music.” She shops basic groceries at Furuset senter, buttheir main shopping is done at Pakistani shops at Grønland.She attends a Norwegian language-class at Furuset church. Inthe summertime she goes for daily walks in the neighbourhood,but stays more indoors in the wintertime as she is afraid offalling on the icy walking trails. Sometimes they visit parksdowntown, but mostly they spend time in their own garden. “Ireally miss places to go and have fun with friends and myhusband around here” (#429).The repertoire of neighbourhood encounter situations at Furuset take place inopen outdoor spaces that are functionally specialized and also spatiallysegregated in terms of social categories of users. In contrast to the system ofoutdoor spaces at Grønland and Grünerløkka, the satellite towns do in generallack functionally integrated spaces for dense, non-obligating co-presence ofdifferent social categories of users: By functionally integrated spaces Ispecifically think of spaces that serve different categories of users havingdifferent reasons for taking them into use; and by social categories of users Ihave in mind both local and regional users, different age groups, etc. An311
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