So I went on a long day trip today, and something hit me today.

In the US, the same architecture and chains are copy-pasted all over the entire country. It was so fucking boring. Holy freaking shit, literally the same buildings were popping up all over where I went to. I can't think how often I said "Hey, this part is just like X in San Jose."

But other than that, it was a pretty nice day trip. Discuss this phenomenon of there being the same identical stores all over the country. And yes, I mean the entire country, since the same chains keep on appearing in the East Coast and the South as well.

urban sprawl

Yeah exactly, and the same couple of chains always keep on filling the void with their generic, overdone architecture!!! :O

Efficiency at its finest can be boring.

I'm.....

..inclined to agree with you in this case. It is very, very boring.

Efficiency at its finest can be boring.

american city planning is usually very very very inefficient

Sorry we're not the Romans thousands of years ago making fucking colosseums you fucking faggot, this is the modern era where we prefer safety and efficiency over the pretty but deadly

Sorry we're not the Romans thousands of years ago making fucking colosseums you fucking faggot, this is the modern era where we prefer safety and efficiency over the pretty but deadly

Actually, the Romans were very efficient, perhaps more so than us. In fact if it weren't for the in-fighting, they'd probably still be around kicking ass to this day.

It tends to be like that in most modern up to date suburbbs, in the business centers, and the shopping areas. It's not just america either. Same with canada. Hell go on google earth and check out japan and you'll see reminiscent arcitecture. I was curious about alaskan cities and was rather disappointed when it looked generally the same as the places I've seen here.

The only thing that you can really tend to see differently is older districts with surviving and distinct styles.

Other than that, it's as Carlin put it.

A coast to coast continental shopping mall.

Pizza Huts look the same throughout the whole entire friggen world

*sips tea*

It tends to be like that in most modern up to date suburbbs, in the business centers, and the shopping areas. It's not just america either. Same with canada. Hell go on google earth and check out japan and you'll see reminiscent arcitecture. I was curious about alaskan cities and was rather disappointed when it looked generally the same as the places I've seen here.

The only thing that you can really tend to see differently is older districts with surviving and distinct styles.

Other than that, it's as Carlin put it.

A coast to coast continental shopping mall.

Yeah, I thought about it as I was showering just now, and I realized that it's like this in every country. It's just that I'm personally a bit sick of seeing the same Walgreens, Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Target, etc everywhere.

Quote from: Ushan on April 29, 2015, 10:56:43 PM

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Sorry we're not the Romans thousands of years ago making fucking colosseums you fucking faggot, this is the modern era where we prefer safety and efficiency over the pretty but deadly

Actually, the Romans were very efficient, perhaps more so than us. In fact if it weren't for the in-fighting, they'd probably still be around kicking ass to this day.

>Taking Midge's bait

That's clearly /

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