

It’s the barren concrete taking up 3/4 of the view with a hint of lawn behind more concrete. Europe was built before modern vehicles and has narrower streets with more residential in between businesses and has some cobblestone and what not. USA was built around railways and highways so everyone has a car and walking was an afterthought.
Edit: additionally ever wonder why Europeans say how far a distance is in kilometers and Americans answer with “it’s about 25 minutes”? It’s partially that reason plus the physical distance is larger (some states are larger than countries) so miles mean less to us than knowing the time, post logistics.
Are you kidding me, they are probably so happy to have a guy who knows zero about what they are saying. They can lie via omission and get permission for projects without fully detailing anything to the guy who doesn’t want details. He rubber stamps their hateful shit because in return he collects a fee from them for the grift. That’s trumps grift. He used to grift honest businesses but he’s moved into grifting other grifters who grift the public via policy now.