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I recently took a long road trip from my home in Milwaukee down to Florida and back. I first visited the Deep South in the mid-1990s, and I was struck at how, in most places, it really felt like a different country. The buildings, the little towns, even bigger towns looked different from anywhere else in the US and had a unique feel to them.
On this latest trip I was struck at how much the Deep South had homogonized with the rest of the country. Applebee's, Shoney's, Wal Mart, and of course McDonald's in almost every sizable town. Suburban "Anywhere USA" had hit places like Dothan, Alabama, and Thomasville, Georgia. What a shame.
How long can we let this continue? The suburbs of our major cities have been homogonous as long as they've been around. But this is getting ridiculous. If I can't tell the difference between a commercial strip in Montgomery, Alabama from one a few miles away from me in Brookfield, Wisconsin, there's something wrong here.
On this latest trip I was struck at how much the Deep South had homogonized with the rest of the country. Applebee's, Shoney's, Wal Mart, and of course McDonald's in almost every sizable town. Suburban "Anywhere USA" had hit places like Dothan, Alabama, and Thomasville, Georgia. What a shame.
How long can we let this continue? The suburbs of our major cities have been homogonous as long as they've been around. But this is getting ridiculous. If I can't tell the difference between a commercial strip in Montgomery, Alabama from one a few miles away from me in Brookfield, Wisconsin, there's something wrong here.