The 'Walkable Cities' meme trend grew out of the rising online interest in urban planning, transit advocacy, and the 'Strong Towns' movement. It typically highlights the aesthetic and functional disparity between dense, pedestrian-friendly European cities and car-centric North American infrastructure. Popularized on platforms like Reddit's r/fuckcars and Twitter's 'Urbanist' circles, the meme uses humor to critique the environmental and social costs of suburban sprawl. Whether it's showing a massive parking lot next to a quaint Dutch street or labeling a stroad as 'peak infrastructure,' these memes serve as a gateway for architectural and civic discourse.