There really is only like 5 cities in the us that actually look like the top pic and even then its like ten blocks of their downtown
non-americans y’all have no idea how accurate this is. every time i see the bottom pic i think it’s my hometown for a second
And by and large you never see that reality in movies, like they either take place in a dense urban area or in intensely rural communities with little commercial development and two lane roads. If you do see a suburban development it’s never connected to anything larger, you’ll see the bland houses on a twisty street with no outlets, but not the 6 lane county road lined with corporate franchises and huge parking lots where everyone shops and does business. We need more movies that use our crappy suburban sprawl as a character, highlighting the alienation and discontent it brings.
I was at Goodwill yesterday framed by the duplexes and the abandoned looking areas of the strip mall and it made me think about people in the future posting Aesthetic photos of American decay like people post aesthetic photos of disused post-soviet apartment buildings and shit
