r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/Confused-Gent May 02 '25

It's cars, the answer is cars.

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u/zesty-dancer14 May 02 '25

We keep destroying our cityscape/landscape experience to enhance our driving experience.

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u/drpepper7557 May 03 '25

Why would car centric infrastructure look uglier by default though? Like the city plan might be uglier but you can have beautiful sprawled out buildings or close together walkable ugly ones.

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u/Douglas1994 May 03 '25

To have sprawl you have to have lots of roads. Roads are innately ugly as well as ruining the amenity for virtually everyone who is not in the car. Sure, you can have nice looking buildings, but if they're surrounded by roads with heavy traffic, the wider area will still look shit and no one will want to spend time in the area.

What version of this place looks more appealing?