Monotonicity

A fact well known is that monotonicity is a harbinger of boredom. I experienced this feeling on my arrival into the USA but never could understand why. It probably arose after I visited malls outside my town of Blacksburg and into the Chicago metropolis. Wherever you go aroudn the states you expect a Walmart to give you the cheapest deals, Toys and Babies R Us have the same feel, and any place can be called a mall if three out of the following stores exist viz Sears, JCPenney, RobinsonsMay, Dilliards, Hoechts, etc.

The initial proposition I believe must have been convenience and the trust of a known shop. However this has taken away the joy of visitin a new city or to obrserve the architectural beauty of a mall. Each store has the same designs arranged in more or less similar manner (All made out of the USA). Same Brands, Same owner. Same food, same drinks same smells. Same sale. Same highways.

All this monotonicity does bring to mind only the diversity that we enjoyed in India. Main Street was owned by mummys and papas and friends. Shopping meant buying as well as visiting. Each restaurant had its own cuisine and held pride in providing it. Different stores had different suppliers hence different designs. To buy something we had to visit a particular place or shop. So many things were unique to a city and umpteen attempts to make it available in your local town woul fail. Language would be different, clothes would be too. It is very very rare to find two people wearing the same outfits although our population is three times as large.

Lastly I am sure that wherever such a diversity exists that place would be attractive, let it be Egypt or Palestine or Mexico or Europe or South Asia. I only plead that MNCs from USA dont kill the local businesses. One america is sufficient for the world. It is already the epitome of monotonicity.