I think there's this misconception that the US is basically NYC or dirt-road farmland, and the reality is that there's a lot of in-between. I live <20 minutes from the closest mall by car, yet even transportation or food delivery apps (e.g. uber, uber eats) essentially don't serve my area, so forget public transportation.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tis the problem of car centric sprawl no?

[–] DeprecatedCompatV2@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

It can depend. Sometimes sprawl is car-centric because it's heavily developed with no alternative, but sometimes there'a a lot of undeveloped land in between things.

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Most of the in-between is closer to the dirt-road farmland. Even if you live "in a city," there's a big chance you'll be living a long walk through some car-dependent wasteland to the nearest anything that isn't a house, with near-zero care, effort and/or space given to anyone who's not in a car.