Sun beaming on scorching HOT day in Leland, MS & Cleveland, MS

[vetteking]

[Architype]

The real purpose of roads and highways is just to connect all the parking lots together.

[vetteking]

Originally Posted by Architype

The real purpose of roads and highways is just to connect all the parking lots together.

Most definitely Architype. Are the roads and highways in Canada similar to states? Do yall have roundabouts and flyovers?

[Architype]

Originally Posted by vetteking

Most definitely Architype. Are the roads and highways in Canada similar to states? Do yall have roundabouts and flyovers?

Yes it's almost the same, just less population and cities, but Toronto has some of the biggest freeways in the world. The biggest difference is our speed limits and distances are in kilometers.

[vetteking]

Originally Posted by Architype

Yes it's almost the same, just less population and cities, but Toronto has some of the biggest freeways in the world. The biggest difference is our speed limits and distances are in kilometers.

Really I have to visit Toronto I hear its similar to Houston as far as square miles and overall metropolitan vibe! But how does kilometers work you have a picture of the signs that say how many kilometers one is from the next town? Please share photos of your city I'd love to see your area and the similarities

[Murphy de la Sucre]

that towne center was for real? really a towne?

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by Murphy de la Sucre

that towne center was for real? really a towne?

Welcome to American retail marketing. Give cutesy names to the most banal, suburban strip mall retail "plazas" surrounded by acres of parking.

[sopas ej]

I'm a little weirded out at the placement of the Cleveland Towne Center sign, which is in the asphalt, in the parking lot itself with no bollards around it or anything, right next to a parking space, and not in the landscaping or something.

[Architype]

It's interesting to check this place out on Google, it's a parade of every fast food place available, all you can eat buffets, interspersed with gas stations, SUV dealerships, bulk furniture stores, empty lots, boarded up windows, etc. A place where you drive from parking lot to parking lot with the A/C on, without sidewalks, unwelcoming for pedestrians. A triumphal product of obesity inducing capitalism. Not to be shamed for it's existence, you may find this in small towns in Canada too I guess.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/w1PYgFEVJoS2ZbiS7

[sopas ej]

Originally Posted by Architype

It's interesting to check this place out on Google, it's a parade of every fast food place available, all you can eat buffets, interspersed with gas stations, SUV dealerships, bulk furniture stores, empty lots, boarded up windows, etc. A place where you drive from parking lot to parking lot with the A/C on, without sidewalks, unwelcoming for pedestrians. A triumphal product of obesity inducing capitalism. Not to be shamed for it's existence, you may find this in small towns in Canada too I guess.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/w1PYgFEVJoS2ZbiS7

And not too surprisingly, these are all located along the highway. Many US towns look like this along a highway or major arterial.

Cleveland, MS does have its older, more center-of-town areas:

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Clevela..._ep=EgoyMDI1MDUyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.ca/maps/@33.7441549,-..._ep=EgoyMDI1MDUyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.ca/maps/@33.7441851,-..._ep=EgoyMDI1MDUyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[Architype]

Originally Posted by sopas ej

And not too surprisingly, these are all located along the highway. Many US towns look like this along a highway or major arterial.

Cleveland, MS does have its older, more center-of-town areas:

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Clevela..._ep=EgoyMDI1MDUyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.ca/maps/@33.7441549,-..._ep=EgoyMDI1MDUyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.ca/maps/@33.7441851,-..._ep=EgoyMDI1MDUyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

^ That's much better, built for people, not built to support the automotive industry.

[mrnyc]

haha fun thread — as we say in nyc you kept it moving.

i have stayed in leyland, mi. several times on vacation, highly recommended, but did not realize there was a leland, ms. too. its umm, a bit of a contrast.

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by Wigs

Welcome to American retail marketing. Give cutesy names to the most banal, suburban strip mall retail "plazas" surrounded by acres of parking.

Make that North American retail marketing. Centrepoint Mall On Steeles Avenue and Yonge Street was called "Towne and Countrye Square" (Oh Brother! ) when I got my first 10-speed bike (Red. I think it cost $40) at the Simpsons (most recently Hudson's Bay) there.

[xzmattzx]

Wade, the smokehouse, and the barn are the most interesting places to me. I can see a McDonald's or Five Below anywhere. But I actually like seeing the small chains or family-owned roadside businesses, to see what suburban places in other parts of the country are like and how they are different than mine.

[Gresto]

Originally Posted by bilbao58

Make that North American retail marketing. Centrepoint Mall On Steeles Avenue and Yonge Street was called "Towne and Countrye Square" (Oh Brother! ) when I got my first 10-speed bike (Red. I think it cost $40) at the Simpsons (most recently Hudson's Bay) there.

Ha, you and I have frequented many of the same places, though in different decades, if the "58" is your birth year. I even remember when it was called Town & Country.
Centrepoint's days are numbered. The condo market is just now in a slumber, but there's a huge development planned for the site. If everything planned comes to fruition, the whole intersection will be covered in towers.
Apologies for the off-topic nostalgia.