Diners: the least woke places in America
1st October 2021
Diners and truck stops tend to attract countryfolk who appreciate the affordability of the food and its unfussy style, and old-fashioned conservative principles are what you’ll hear bandied about. But that doesn’t mean progressives won’t find a place at the table. Mostly, these restaurants serve as a communal therapy session, where people (even strangers) talk about real, regular issues that ignore politics: so-and-so’s health scare, the big football game, who’s re-siding their house, and so forth.
I love ’em.