"Its the overweight, white trash, lower back tattoo of aesthetics."

Old city centers turned into massive thoroughfares destroy the communities that live there. Whole communities get sacrificed for affluent car owners from the suburbs. But this is not just harmful for poor people, it's also bad for the economy in general; they're inefficient, cost too much money to maintain, don't make enough money, so they require constant influx of subsidies, and this sort of development has lead to the bankruptcy of several US cities. It's not sustainable from any perspective.

is elitism. Even if it's right, it's elitism.

Hope that clears things up for you.

I'll do my part building things that are pretty and useful. You do whatever you think is best.

Guess what, you’re not that much better than everyone who disagrees with you.

Also McDonalds is only cheaper if you’re in a food desert. Which areas that rely on stroads rarely are.

Also, notice how the building around stroads and most “modern” buildings get knocked down and rebuilt every 10 years? Seems like something only a rich society could afford to do.

A building takes more than a year to build typically; if they were being knocked down every 10 years, the entire city would look like nothing more than a construction site.

Also most suburban sprawl is a never ending construction site. It is insanely expensive.

Spoken like someone whose never been poor.

Also expecting people to apologize for their social station is tacky as hell. You play the hand you're dealt to the best of your ability. Anyone who claims otherwise has an agenda. Why would your critique of spoken like someone who has never been poor have any merit whatsoever?

Yeah, it’s be great if it were dense and walkable but guess what, we cant jump from farm land to NYC 5th Ave in one step.

It comes across as incredibly ignorant to be honest.