<story><title>A Taco Truck on Every Corner, or Not?</title><url>https://a2civic.tech/blog/2018/09/30/a-taco-truck-on-every-corner-or-not.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pochamago</author><text>What&amp;#x27;s the motivation behind ordinances like this? I&amp;#x27;ve never spoken to anyone who likes them, so I&amp;#x27;m not really sure why cities are so aggressive about it. I assume there must be a large segment of the population who are really bothered by food trucks for some reason, but I genuinely struggle to imagine why</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mikeyouse</author><text>Some people don&amp;#x27;t like other congregating in front of their stores and not buying anything but the most vocal opponent are restaurants.  They feel like by paying substantial money for a restaurant lease, they shouldn&amp;#x27;t be subject to competition that can operate with far lower costs &amp;#x2F; standards. Think about if you owned a nice Mexican restaurant and then a taco truck parked outside during your rush hour.  They have almost none of the fixed costs that you do and could undercut you pretty easily.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not convinced it&amp;#x27;s worth regulating their hours&amp;#x2F;locations, but I do sympathize a bit with the brutal economics of restaurants.</text></comment>
<story><title>A Taco Truck on Every Corner, or Not?</title><url>https://a2civic.tech/blog/2018/09/30/a-taco-truck-on-every-corner-or-not.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pochamago</author><text>What&amp;#x27;s the motivation behind ordinances like this? I&amp;#x27;ve never spoken to anyone who likes them, so I&amp;#x27;m not really sure why cities are so aggressive about it. I assume there must be a large segment of the population who are really bothered by food trucks for some reason, but I genuinely struggle to imagine why</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mikeash</author><text>I suspect it’s more like, 99% of the population is indifferent, a small number of people care a lot (in this case, it’s probably restaurant owners), and elected officials do what the small number wants because they’re the only ones voicing any sort of opinion. (And they probably donate to campaigns.)</text></comment>