I see it as a further dehumanizing of the suburban landscape.
Retail stores on ground floors of apartment buildings makes sense in really densely populated cities like SF or NYC, but elsewhere such a setup discourages going anywhere but those places you drive to.
A Megalomart on the ground floor of my apartment building? With all the traffic it attracts? No thanks.
I see it as a further dehumanizing of the suburban landscape.
Retail stores on ground floors of apartment buildings makes sense in really densely populated cities like SF or NYC, but elsewhere such a setup discourages going anywhere but those places you drive to.
A Megalomart on the ground floor of my apartment building? With all the traffic it attracts? No thanks.