Hit the Gas, Hit the Car

A scenario effectively guaranteed by our built environment

The piece I was originally going to write for today—now scheduled for Thursday—took place in a strip mall. This piece, as it happens, also took place in a strip mall.

I was dropping off a package at the UPS store in a strip plaza not far from my home. As is usually the case, there were lots of people walking from the stores back to the parking lot, which…