> The Tysons development in Northern Virginia is an example of this hell That's insane, and even more that when I searched for it it's being marketed as "livea

> The Tysons development in Northern Virginia is an example of this hell That's insane, and even more that when I searched for it it's being marketed as "liveable". Google Maps shows business names, but flip to Open Street Map [1] and two things stand out: motorways and car parks. > also near a metro ... most everyone else who visits must have [a car] Um... the metro? But you're clearly right. To get from Tysons Corner metro into the mall you must climb stairs, cross an 8+-lane highway in a tube, then another road, then cross a plaza. They didn't think of connecting that tube straight into the mall building, or connecting it to the opposite end of the platforms. Outside North America, the parking garages for a mall like this would be below (sometimes above) the shops and the mall would be oriented to have a very short, covered walkway connection to the metro, and if possible the station would be in the middle of the mall. There would not be 21 road lanes to the east, 10 to the north, 9 to the west and 4 to the south. > dystopian future Looking on Wikipedia, I'm amazed at how recently much of this was constructed. https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/38.9224/-77.2233 https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/38.9224/-77.2233 (shows railways better).