‘roads and shops’ is a bit inaccurate for the specific type of (sub)urbanisation in North America. Don’t get me wrong, other continents, countries have types of suburbanisation and fragmentation as well.

The US are and were culturally really ahead in individual motorisation dependent infrastructure (and thus tourism dependent on individual motorisation).

Nonetheless, tankies don’t really care about infrastructure given their history (largely contributing to individual motorisation). I guess buzzwording is happening as well (‘yeah progress’).