Oh wow, you never heard of Captain D's? I can't say you missed much, but still surprising!
One thing I just realized reading this, but when you point out how the area is worn down if still vibrant, it highlights how heavily asphalted areas are kinda doomed to look worse over time.
Asphalt (and also concrete) does not age gracefully. It requires constant maintenance just to look acceptable, and even then, it quickly looks worn down and degraded. Compare that to things like brick or stonework, or even wood, and while those also require a lot of maintenance, they still look nice as they age.
A bit of broken brick or stone, or aged wood, can add a unique aesthetic appearance that brings new beauty. Broken asphalt or concrete (or looking at consumer goods, plastic) just looks bad.
Food trucks were the best, but the golden age of the food truck lasted just a few years and is already over, at least in our nation's capital. Circa 2012 there was a huge variety of food trucks serving startlingly high quality food (shout out to anyone who remembers the Fojol Bros.!). Then all the brick and mortar places saw their lunch crowds switching to the trucks and successfully convinced the government to harass the trucks out of business. Covid nailed the coffin shut. Now there's basically none left but the taco trucks (most of which are way crappier than the one in your pics).
I wish more people saw it this way, instead we have the current administration conducting military occupations and operations on American cities.
I love places like this and we have a lot of them in the Huntington/Hybla Valley area but they are also now becoming targets.
Oh wow, you never heard of Captain D's? I can't say you missed much, but still surprising!
One thing I just realized reading this, but when you point out how the area is worn down if still vibrant, it highlights how heavily asphalted areas are kinda doomed to look worse over time.
Asphalt (and also concrete) does not age gracefully. It requires constant maintenance just to look acceptable, and even then, it quickly looks worn down and degraded. Compare that to things like brick or stonework, or even wood, and while those also require a lot of maintenance, they still look nice as they age.
A bit of broken brick or stone, or aged wood, can add a unique aesthetic appearance that brings new beauty. Broken asphalt or concrete (or looking at consumer goods, plastic) just looks bad.
Food trucks were the best, but the golden age of the food truck lasted just a few years and is already over, at least in our nation's capital. Circa 2012 there was a huge variety of food trucks serving startlingly high quality food (shout out to anyone who remembers the Fojol Bros.!). Then all the brick and mortar places saw their lunch crowds switching to the trucks and successfully convinced the government to harass the trucks out of business. Covid nailed the coffin shut. Now there's basically none left but the taco trucks (most of which are way crappier than the one in your pics).