it was ok picture post
It's been so long since my last non-food picture post, i was thinking of rolling Oklahoma and Texas together in one bumper edition, but looking back now i want to give Oklahoma its own entry. I didn't take a lot of photos cycling through the state, but i hope this gives you a bit of an idea of what i came across.
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The Spokane Valley (one of the many surrounding suburbs,.. which is also now its own town) we're only 12 miles from downtown central Spokane via freeway, but 90% of restaurants are chains.
Maybe... even more. Mom and pops open up... but very few survive.
But... walk around Vanderbilt ave in Brooklyn? Its all locals.
Park ave? Locals.
Hells Kitchen? Locals.
Midtown? Locals.
Sure there are dunkin donuts and mcdonalds and other mediocre fast food choices... but they're drowned out by local restaurants.
My time in Northern Italy was like Verona had a huge sign "WE HAVE A SUBWAY!!!" and its like... in the tourist part of town and its a Big Deal and its all Americans eating there, anyways.
The ONE McDonalds within a 100km radius has signs for MILES... "Drive Thru your convenient McDonalds!" with an arrow that says, "35km on the autostrade->" It's there because its a popular *idea*, a sideshow attraction of an eatery, not because its a popular choice for pleasure. I did not see one American food franchise in Venice.
But I live near a Taco Bell... and its a game to guess how many cars are idling in line in the drive thru... and its often 10-12 cars... and at about 14... the line starts bleeding into the main road, and yet THAT WON'T STOP PEOPLE from lining up! Its... crazy. L.A., Portland, D.C., Miami... they all have great local food... but they also have tons of franchises. But NYC... doesn't. At least not in Manhattan or large neighborhoods of Brooklyn. They exist, but they're not.. flooding the market like they do in even slightly smaller markets.
And I don't know what it is.
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