"Asking why there are no parking lots in a Christmas village display is like asking why there are no murder mysteries in children’s books."
It's probably closer to asking why the Christmas village has no dumpsters, loading docks, or homeless people sleeping on benches.
Cities (and suburbs) have many things that are unpleasant, some of which are necessary, some of which are unavoidable, and some which are neither but nevertheless omnipresent. A Christmas village doesn't. And the real-world places that come closest (Aspen? Disney World?) manage to do so by (1) having lots and lots of cash, (2) keeping out undesirables, and (3) hiding or camouflaging any essential but unsightly service.
It's not that beauty needs to be rationed, or beauty is somehow bad for you. Beauty just isn't free.
"Asking why there are no parking lots in a Christmas village display is like asking why there are no murder mysteries in children’s books."
It's probably closer to asking why the Christmas village has no dumpsters, loading docks, or homeless people sleeping on benches.
Cities (and suburbs) have many things that are unpleasant, some of which are necessary, some of which are unavoidable, and some which are neither but nevertheless omnipresent. A Christmas village doesn't. And the real-world places that come closest (Aspen? Disney World?) manage to do so by (1) having lots and lots of cash, (2) keeping out undesirables, and (3) hiding or camouflaging any essential but unsightly service.
It's not that beauty needs to be rationed, or beauty is somehow bad for you. Beauty just isn't free.