Valid criticism, all. But I'd like to clarify some objections you had about the lore. I imagined this taking place before the age of cars, so I imagined that everything was taken over on wagons on trails which were then abandoned and left to the elements for decades. Also, as for the layout of the town, I also imagined that there's more rubble than just a chimney and a concrete foundation, but most of it is just not recognizable as anything other than a bunch of random rock piles. As someone who has friends who were victims of the California wildfires, this is actually something I've witnessed firsthand. Also, given the exactly strict geographical attributes required for a landfill (I studied a little bit about this), it's not totally unreasonable that a former town (geographically flat with compacted soil) is the only place nearby that also meets the requirements for a landfill.
Still though, some of this I felt was conveyed clearly enough, but on retrospect, could possibly have been explained better. For example, why put soil over a concrete foundation? Not only do you dump soil in a landfill, but that's also something that happens naturally over 20 years. I figured that was something logical enough that didn't merit explanation. Another thing that I felt was logical was having Devon have running water. To clarify, I imagine that he has a water tank on the top of his cabin that supplies him with water that actually flows (just because he has running water it doesn't mean the water is highly pressurized). Anyway, I did also mention that certain fabrics do exist in this world, but that none of them were suitable for making clothes. To clarify, either because they're too uncomfortable, don't drape well or can't be produced in large enough quality.
Anyway, while I tried to think about this world more than what actually made it into this VN, with some things I did explain and some things I felt were obvious enough not to explain, I do admit that a lot of it could have been explained better, and I'll make sure to do this for next time.