> It baffles me how the US has no shops / restaurants / convenience stores in residential areas and nobody questioned it over half a century. That's definitely

> It baffles me how the US has no shops / restaurants / convenience stores in residential areas and nobody questioned it over half a century. That's definitely not true. It's not the norm, but I can think of plenty of places I've lived or visited that had neighborhoods that were a mix of residential and shops. Here's an example of an area like that in Portland: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5627602,-122.6949984,3a,75y,110.01h,57.08t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1sTuz4bTJn8tFOgkq4AmW2Fw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!9m2!1b1!2i38?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5627602,-122.6949984,3a,75y,...