One of the things I miss most about Europe is how even small tiny villages full of detached housing tend to cluster together so everything is walking distance.

One of the things I miss most about Europe is how even small tiny villages full of detached housing tend to cluster together so everything is walking distance. Keeps the good arable land free for agriculture. Here's an example from google: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcache.desktopnexus.com%2Fthumbseg%2F1595%2F1595790-bigthumbnail.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Farchitecture.desktopnexus.com%2Fwallpaper%2F1595790%2F&docid=kXnw_HS-5NTw7M&tbnid=KK_viuLTjnGqhM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwiQx5nQlJPjAhXSXc0KHQKZATEQMwioASggMCA..i&w=450&h=337&bih=947&biw=1523&q=european%20village&ved=0ahUKEwiQx5nQlJPjAhXSXc0KHQKZATEQMwioASggMCA&iact=mrc&uact=8 https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcache.des... I guess this didn't happen in most of USA because agriculture was already industrialized by the time suburbia was invented. Not to mention the automobile. So everything is spraaaaawling. Even American cities tend to sprawl out endlessly if they can (think LA). It's quite a shame. SF, NYC, and a handful of others seem like the only places you can live in this country without driving everywhere all the time :/