Rec | THE EMPTY PLACES BETWEEN CITIES

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Rec'd on 🇺🇲 MOST UNDERRATED AMERICAN THING?

i’ve heard that in europe everything is close together and the countries are so small, so it doesn’t take long to get anywhere. but in the US you can go hours and hours of driving with nothing but desolate roads and the occasional podunk town. some of the best things are in those empty long miles

@killcharlie

16h ago

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@chronicwebuser

i concur! and SUBRUBS!! abysmal zoning laws, an invention by Big Car to force people into driving and make cars essential for living and ultimately killing walkable communities

16h ago

@killcharlie

@CHRONICWEBUSER not to mention the cookie cutter house neighborhoods that stretch for miles… nothing more dystopian

14h ago

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