You're right that there are places like that in the US, but we haven't been building like that for nearly 100 years at this point. Those places are historical curiosities, and not at all representative of the United States.
And before anyone says I should just live in places that are like that, It's not so easy to just pick up my life and move somewhere else.
And before anyone says I should just live in places that are like that, It's not so easy to just pick up my life and move somewhere else.