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existential1 wrote

This. Your local Taco Bell/BK/McDonalds/Subway are franchised businesses. So there's some local business person paying shit wages to staff and treating them like shit by-the-book they were given in their franchise owning class.

Juxtapose that with the employee-owned taco truck or other local business, it's an easy decision to me. (Assuming where you live has options)

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betterletter OP wrote

i live in a yuppie town, a food truck meal will run you $10-15 for one

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existential1 wrote

Interesting... I would differentiate thought between "food truck" meaning expensive millenial-branded food and "taco trucks" that serve $1-$1.50 tacos and are meant for working class people.

Where I live in the PNW, food trucks are found usually at events and do "rotations" around places, while the "taco trucks" are in the same spot every day. The one nearest my house is parked (probably illegally) in the corner of a gas station. It's regularly visited by day-labor folks and people on the way home from work. If you live in a yuppie spot, look for one nearest wherever day labor can be found. Lowes/Home Depot is a good spot to check.

I've even eaten at taco trucks in Salt Lake City suburbs...I do believe they are ubiquitous anywhere the population is above 20k or so (in the US).

Fuck those chicken & waffle food trucks though...

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betterletter OP wrote

chicken and waffles are literally all we have. one plate is $12. tried it once pre-vegan... it was a cold and terrible waste

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existential1 wrote

Check my above comment about "food truck" vs "taco truck". Taco trucks are cheaper than taco bell and subway where I've lived in the US....could save you some money and be tastier.

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