Not really. One of the aims of Main Street USA was to preserve the ambiance of a...

labster on July 12, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Venice test brings up floodgates for first time

Not really. One of the aims of Main Street USA was to preserve the ambiance of a small town Main Street, which was already disappearing even before the 1950s. If the Haunted Mansion is so culturally vacuous, why did Cory Doctorow set a book there? I doubt it was just for the whuffie. Pop culture is culture.

kevin_thibedeau on July 12, 2020 [–]

That's a nice story. Sort of like how WalMart's "greeters" have their back to the entrance.