the death of 24 hour america — why nothing stays open late

Do you ever just wake up in the middle of the night? Maybe you’re having a bit of insomnia, with nothing better to do and wanna get out of the house. Or maybe you just got off work and aren’t ready to go home quite yet. You get in your car and go out to pick up a late night snack, hit the gym or maybe get some grocery shopping done. It’s peaceful out, you can beat the crowds and pass the time. Maybe it’s a seven eleven, or a pizza place or even a bookstore there’s gotta be something to do besides get drunk. But after driving around for awhile, everything is closed. It’s the like whole country is afraid of the dark. What happened? Why does everything close early now? There was a time, when it seemed like everything was open late, in any little town in the middle of nowhere, you could walk around the 24 hour walmart at 3am looking for nothing in particular. If you needed a random item and needed it fast, you knew you could rely on SOMETHING being open to go pick it up. Now the best you’ve got is Amazon Prime, next-day delivery. And only if live in the city. If you’re in a rural area….good luck. In this video essay, we will talk about the loss of late night businesses in the USA and the slow death of the 24 hour city and the effect it has had on society and culture through criminalizing existing at night. #urbanism #latenight #videoessay Subscribe to my channel here -    / @citiesbydiana   Support me on Patreon -   / citiesbydiana   Follow me on TikTok -   / citiesbydiana   Instagram -   / citiesbydiana   Threads - https://www.threads.net/@citiesbydiana Follow me on Twitch -   / citiesbydiana   Steam - https://steamcommunity.com/id/citiesb... Consider supporting me with a small donation - https://ko-fi.com/citiesbydiana Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/citiesbydian... Music - https://www.epidemicsound.com/