You might have noticed that the US has a certain look. Lots of wide roads and what urbanists call “stroads” where businesses bump right up against main roads. Big signs and other road side detrius dot the landscape. Some people, including the person in this video call it ugly. I don’t know that I’d call it ugly. The US is a fairly young nation, as nations go, and so we don’t have centuries of architecture to draw upon. Might we lack a certain amount of romance? Yes, but familiarity only breeds contempt. In this video, we’ll learn more about tour public aesthetic.

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