> I think part of the reason the US doesn't feel like the US anymore I guess we can debate if that isn't what the US is about, but regardless, it is depressing

> I think part of the reason the US doesn't feel like the US anymore I guess we can debate if that isn't what the US is about, but regardless, it is depressing. Traveling around the US, the most notable thing is how everything is the same. It is so horrible. No matter where you go, it's the same chain stores, often in the same arrangement and layout. If you get dropped blindly in most towns in the US, there is no way to tell any difference, it's all cookie cutter identical. Occasionally you run into town that have character and a unique style. Those are the treasures of the US. But I'm sure soon enough those will also be paved over with the same fast foods and chain stores to comply with being identical.