Why Everywhere in the US is Starting to Look the Same | Wendover Productions
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Why Everywhere in the US is Starting to Look the Same | Wendover Productions

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 22, 202627 min
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It's the kind of road that forms where interstates output their trucks and cars—peppered with

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This is Virginia, this is Fredericksburg, and this is Planck Road. It's the kind of road that forms where interstates output their trucks and cars—peppered with gas stations, fast food chains, mid-market hotels, big-box stores, and ample parking for all.

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If you've traveled the US, you certainly know the type. The convenience of quick interstate access, the space for car-centric design, and the co-location with other establishments has drawn retail and restaurants away from city centers and into the hinterlands, so, increasingly, for all but the most urban or most rural Americans,

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these interstate exit areas have become a constant in daily life. In fact, places like Fredericksburg's Plank Road have become so ubiquitous, so persistent in the US, that it'd be remarkably easy to miss that this is not actually Plank Road in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

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