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.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Do American towns not have town squares? My (European) town has 3, that I know of.
ansiz@lemmy.world 10 months ago
__dev@lemmy.world 10 months 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.
silentTeee@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months 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.
insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Fun fact… The mall was invented to replace the town square that an Austrian immigrant architect missed.