Alien Transplants

Most of the places I've visited in the United States and around the world don't have any connection or association with the geographical location they are. The only exception I can think of off the top of my head is Ottawa, Canada, which seemed like it genuinely grew out of its riverine location.

That lack of association with geography applies to almost every house I've ever seen also; it definitely applies to our current home, which is a generic post WW2 house that was built on a unique parcel of land.

The lack of association with geography applies even more to the way people live, which is almost entirely devoid of any connection to where they live. We're all mostly plugged into some generic corporate culture.

When European people settled this area they must have had some blueprint in mind for what they were trying to create, and that thing had nothing at all to do with where they settled. The thing that's maybe more difficult to believe is that it seems their ancient ancestors did a similar thing in Europe.