Thank you for the link, Robert.
Another for my favourites list! I can feel the appeal of this kind of photography, and sometimes find similar - but older - stuff on a few music videos on YouTube. I love seeing the old 50s and 60s cars pulled up in front of little bars and diners and so on, such a touch of Americana that fits perfectly with the music of the times. I saw similar stretches of stores, eateries etc. in parts of France, ribbon development with a character that was instantly identifiable as American, and thus looking quite alien in rural France!
But I can see the sense of it: driving though villages, desperate for a coffee, we could never see anything that looked open as we drove past. At least purpose-built might offer a sense of arrival and welcome, however mercenary it may be; but why scratch the surface, just have the coffee, use the toilets and leave.
I have always felt the draw of the Route 66 (tv series concept, not the road) emotion, the road ahead, and something I heard recently, about the journey being the important thing, brought that sense right back, strongly as ever.
Thanks.
Rob