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The Box Tank takes on the habits and heft of the typical American city. But if "typical American city" makes you think of New York, Boston, or San Francisco, think again. The trio of writers behind this retail and urbanism blog find the "essence of the American city" in the spread-out, strip-malled, super-centered sprawl of towns like "Knoxville, Houston, or Omaha." That's where these writers locate their subjects: in the megachurches, exurbs, and fast-proliferating "lifestyle centers" of the new downtown. And that's where they find their main character: Wal-Mart. As much as anything else, this site focuses—relentlessly, thoughtfully, sometimes almost lovingly—on the world's largest company and how it has shaped, and reshaped, the landscape of the U.S.

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