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I lived in Southern California in the 90s/00s and Taco Bell was a good cheap complement to the real Mexican food culture. It had its place and I liked it. I mo

I lived in Southern California in the 90s/00s and Taco Bell was a good cheap complement to the real Mexican food culture. It had its place and I liked it. I moved away and stopped eating there for a long time. Now when I try, it's horrible. Inappropriately expensive, like you said, but also just carelessly put together and gross tasting. What I can't figure out is if it's due to the geography, maybe Southern California had and still has a better Taco Bell experience. Or if it's gone downhill everywhere as part of the general enshittification of everything.

bane 3y ago
I'm East Coast, maybe 2nd tier HCOL...since COVID, it went from basically free change in the drink holder in my car to... I'll give you an anecdote, right before COVID I made a big group order for maybe 10 people at TB once and it was over $50, they made me sign the receipt, but it was clear from the chaos at the counter that this was not a normal thing and the had to make a phone call to figure out what to do.