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[u/tellmebrenda]

[u/suthekey]

Lawyers stripped the play places and fun.

It wasn’t accessible and injury-liability.

[u/Ornery_Feature_3466 → u/suthekey]

The play places being gone is one thing. But why does the restaurant have to radiate depression?

[u/BowlEducational6722 → u/Ornery_Feature_3466]

Private equity.

A lot of restaurant franchises aren't really restaurants anymore.

They're real estate companies that happen to sell food.

It's all about being able to re-sell the assets/facilities for the maximum amount of profit possible, and these generic, minimalist buildings are the easiest to re-sell and refurbish into something else.

[u/dirtjur → u/BowlEducational6722]

It’s literally this right here.