Whenever I take road trips I try to spot the old Pizza Hut buildings by the shape of the roof. It’s surprising how many there are.
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Subtracty@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Not just McDonald’s, every big chain has it’s own neutral toned square box exterior now. Nothing interesting about any of the architecture. Not that they have to be great works of art, but everything looks exactly the same.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
I do think they have an obligation to be pretty. Pretty things make people happy. It’s a contribution to the social project we’re all working on.
A walkable city, not that a McDonalds drive-thru is specifically part of that, should have greenery, places to hang out, and pretty buildings to look at. People should like being wherever they happen to be.
The main reason this McDonalds looks like this is austerity. At least I think so. Big gray cubes are cheap to build and easily templateable.
SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah, that’s the problem!
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Now they are pretty, but I see why you’re unhappy.