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Related to this point, I think I read that Sanders previously had an inn (small hotel) located on a local road. The new Interstate Highway bypassed his inn, th
by jimmydddd 10y ago
Related to this point, I think I read that Sanders previously had an inn (small hotel) located on a local road. The new Interstate Highway bypassed his inn, thus causing his business to tank. So, I guess KFC was his pivot in the face of a new disruptive technology (interstates).
- dredmorbius 10y agoI've run across a few histories. Robert J. Gordon spends quite a bit of time on the 1950s (his own teen years, I believe), and the culture surrounding them. Including fast-food, entertainment, cars, and freeway culture. There's a pretty good general biography of Sanders floating around somewhere online though I can't seem to find it. A long-read type piece that starts with his gas-station shooting incident.