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If I'm eating out of a truck, it's because I want to pay less than sitting at a restaurant. Given that comment, my assumption would be that you haven't eaten a
by ScottWhigham 13y ago
If I'm eating out of a truck, it's because I want to pay less than sitting at a restaurant.
Given that comment, my assumption would be that you haven't eaten at many food trucks in NYC. The food at some is downright delicious, while others it is crap. If I'm eating at a truck, it's because either (a) I need something super fast and the truck is closest/fastest, or (b) I like what the truck sells, or (c) I like the idea of portability and I don't want the only other portable options, or (d) the smell of the grill attracted me, or (e) etc... None of that equates to paying more/less than I should anywhere else.
- nijk 13y agoInteresing. Emitting Grill smell is an externality that should be taxed.
- potatolicious 13y agoIt's not so much the grill smell as it is the grill smoke. A lot of kebab stands in NYC cover half the intersection in a thick haze. It's mouth-watering when you're hungry, and annoying when you're not. Personally I don't care that the trucks emit smells, but if they're injecting so much smoke into the atmosphere that I can barely see, that's no longer cool.
- harryh 13y agoMaybe you should have to pay to avoid grill smells? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coase_theorem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coase_theorem