Pedestrian-unfriendly businesses prefer to locate on busy roads for exposure. Because customers can vote with their money, apparently, they prefer the location of such businesses on busy roads as well. Again, let's live with this reality and try to harness it. At the same time, strip development doesn't need to go everywhere. Let's put it along the busiest, ugliest roads while preserving more desirable open space.
Business methods change.
So-called giant intrusive corporations have as much right to do business in Vermont as anyone else. Indeed, an argument can be made that they succeed because they are more efficient and responsive to customer demand. At the very least, they sharpen competition to the benefit of all consumers no matter where they shop. Environmental laws should protect the environment, not uncompetitive businesses and business people. Because labels are irrelevant, labeling impedes the discourse Vermont needs to have.