Parking Puts It On The Map

Cars distort our sense of place

The other day, driving home, I passed a new mixed-use development anchored by a Wegmans supermarket—probably my favorite supermarket chain.

“Oh wow, right, we have a new Wegmans!” I remembered. “I should go shop there!” For a second, I puzzled over why I hadn’t gone yet, and why I had in fact forgotten it was even there. Was I just losing my memory? Oh, …