It is economic suicide to switch from local to corporate stores. The proposed South West Area Development is designed to maximize automobile use. As populations are moved from modes of transportation that allow for interaction between people to modes that isolate them, people become isolated. This has a negative effect on the over-all community. Note the ease at which people interact on the Commons or in Pyramid Mall.
People see each other as people and smoothly interact.
Almost trivial interaction between drivers cause violent outburst between them. In larger cities case exist where people kill each other over minor traffic events. City planning should be designed to encourage positive social interaction, which emphasizes pedestrian movement, not road rage. As we increase the speed which we travel through our daily routines, we increase our injury rates. Injuries from auto accidents vastly overwhelm injures sustained by pedestrians.