I grew up on the Gulf coast and spent years crossing the country, and somewhere in there I noticed a pattern I couldn’t unsee: every time I came home from a road trip, another one of my favorite haunts was gone. Shuttered. Sold. Converted into a chain with a drive-thru and a loyalty app. Or bulldozed flat for another tower of condos nobody who grew up there could ever afford.
L.B. Phillips – 3 October 2026 Continue reading










