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This speaks for itself (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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[–] 31 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Not just McDonald's, every big chain has it's own neutral toned square box exterior now. Nothing interesting about any of the architecture. Not that they have to be great works of art, but everything looks exactly the same.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I do think they have an obligation to be pretty. Pretty things make people happy. It's a contribution to the social project we're all working on.

    A walkable city, not that a McDonalds drive-thru is specifically part of that, should have greenery, places to hang out, and pretty buildings to look at. People should like being wherever they happen to be.

    If you compare the two buildings in the picture, the top one I'm sure you have to drive to, but it at least looks like an inviting place to hang out with your kids or something. The bottom one almost seems hostile to that idea. And the main reason it even looks like that is austerity. At least I think so. Big gray cubes are cheap to build and easily templateable.

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