How Convenient are Supercenters?

Further thoughts on big-box stores and urbanism

I received this really interesting comment on a recent piece here about the history of the supercenter, i.e. a discount department store and supermarket under one roof. (That was my newsletter follow-up to an original piece in The Bulwark, here.)

This is the comment (very lightly edited):

Is there a way that urbanism can accommodate the convenience of the…