>Is the world really a better place to live with Walmart/Amazon, abandoned shopping malls and freeways ? It's not "the world", but rather the US. The rest of

>Is the world really a better place to live with Walmart/Amazon, abandoned shopping malls and freeways ? It's not "the world", but rather the US. The rest of the world does not have Walmart and freeways like America does. And yes, America really is better with Walmart/Amazon, abandoned shopping malls, and freeways, because Americans like it that way and it's a democratic society. Americans don't want walkable cities where they can go to shops in-person (perhaps after transiting to them conveniently by subway), and any time this topic comes up on HN, legions of Americans scream about how much they love driving everywhere in their big SUVs and how much they hate walkable cities and cyclists and anyplace that doesn't have acres of free parking. Americans are voting with their votes, dollars, and feet, and getting exactly the society they want.