Comment on TIL my decision to drive a 22' full cab pickup truck and vehemently oppose urban zoning reform makes me a defender of social justice, a warrior for the downtrodden, and more progressive than 99% [cont

ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• ansiz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Most modern US towns were basically founded about or after the time cars were invented. Or at least have experienced the vast amount of it’s growth since the car was invented. So stores and shops, courthouses, post offices, etc have just been built all over the place.

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• insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Fun fact… The mall was invented to replace the town square that an Austrian immigrant architect missed.

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• __dev@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Many(most?) older towns did have a town square, many still do in various forms. Though it’s not the town square they’re about; it’s the medium density mixed-use housing.

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• silentTeee@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not really, we tend to have a “main street” where all the popular businesses are lined up, but otherwise a lot of towns are pretty car-centric.

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