One thing I've noticed more in my travels this year is that fundamentally, American big cities have more in common than they are unique. As I was eating lunch at Whole Foods today in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, I pondered the above scene out my window and realized, except for the palm trees (and even that is common to many U.S. cities), I could be looking at Anywhere, America: similar vehicles, recognizable retail places, large developments wiping out unique stores and hotels, etc. Granted I could have walked three blocks to where I took the beach picture shared yesterday, and clearly that wasn't Anywhere, America. But it does feel like our population centers are rapidly morphing into consistent, rubber-stamped developments of corporate and retail conglomerates.
Anywhere, America
Anywhere, America
Anywhere, America
One thing I've noticed more in my travels this year is that fundamentally, American big cities have more in common than they are unique. As I was eating lunch at Whole Foods today in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, I pondered the above scene out my window and realized, except for the palm trees (and even that is common to many U.S. cities), I could be looking at Anywhere, America: similar vehicles, recognizable retail places, large developments wiping out unique stores and hotels, etc. Granted I could have walked three blocks to where I took the beach picture shared yesterday, and clearly that wasn't Anywhere, America. But it does feel like our population centers are rapidly morphing into consistent, rubber-stamped developments of corporate and retail conglomerates.