-zilla

[Achebe]

Are you sure alley cats aren't Chinese cuisine?

A dodgy Chinese joint in a dark inner city alley doesn't sit well with the banana split freeways. I got the impression that you were talking about boring American city design (not New York city) that has no downtown, no cafes worth the name, but endless malls and gas stations and parks that you drive to as opposed to walk to, because they're so damned far away.
Chic-fil-As and burger joints inhabit such a world.