It's weird that the obvious wasn't mentioned in the article nor here: cars change how you perceive cities. When you're walking you have time to apreciate ornam

It's weird that the obvious wasn't mentioned in the article nor here: cars change how you perceive cities. When you're walking you have time to apreciate ornaments on nearby buildings and you can see the whole buildings around you. When you're driving you don't have time to see anything that is close (as it whizzes by), the car roof occludes anything higher than the 1st floor, and anything that is far you can't see in detail. What's the point of ornaments when 90% of people won't see them? So instead of detailed ornaments people design buildings that look nice from 2 km away. Even the difference between walking and biking is huge. The same street visited by bike feels completely different than on foot. With cars you're basically half-blind. You no longer see the buildings around you - at best you might see the skyline on the horizon. I blame cars for the modern buildings' lack of decorations.