Healthy fast Food Stalls & pipe & vape booths on the globe.

Can't be any worse than the fast food chains that blight our cities and highways.

I grew up 20 minutes west of New York City. The city of today is a much better place than it was in the 1970's. Mayor Rudy Giuliani cleaned it up very nicely. The current mayor is a nut but the city has had bad mayors before and always remains resilient.
The sad thing is that when I worked at Pfizer in the late '70s there were at least 5 pipe shops within a few blocks of our offices. I think there may be one left.

My home town of Liverpool the global capital of culture, has a variety of eating places of many nationalities with an old China town of Chinese restaurants , with the usual American fast food and coffee shops, but our local pubs and clubs are being closed down all over, but many more sanitised franchise bars remain, still some classic traditional pubs to be discovered on the real ale trail, in town and around.
But the variety of local seaside resorts have been modernised to some extent with American and local Restaurants and cafes, with some of their Victorian and Edwardian features remaining, such as the picturesque West Kirby on the Wirral peninsular with a bit of temperate style in the English tea and scone "class" but welcomes all, beside the River Dee with views of Snowden and Anglesey in Cymru on a good day, the sailing marina for dinghies and windsurfing is ok, and wind surfing off the long tidal shore is bracing and feisty , the low tide opens Hilbre Islands for a nice walk in a good tide be careful .
New Brighton over the River Mersey was the old beach deckchairs , funfair , amusement arcade, sweet rock and lollipop for the kids on a family day out with fish chips or sandwiches (and traditional pubs, )on the fine beach beneath the Perch Rock fort & lighthouse to the south and the now removed Mersey ferry pier on the other side of the main beach. The improvements have given a modern cinema and cafes & restaurants, and American fast food and supermarkets even a casino (in the balance) , a marina for the windsurfers dinghy so and all, a good spot for sea angling from beach or private boat. The theatre gives light entertainment , with a cafe and events in season, book faires etc. And the Victorian park and bandstand often has music and kids stuff. There are local fisheries for the angler ( coarse fishing) , and country side sites and farms to visit and old country Pubs with pub food on winding country roads in places.
To the north of Liverpool within Merseyside of the old county of Lancashire, there is the biggest resort of Southport, with many features in its sedate elegant town , with the nature park of seaside Formby in between the City and town.
But the city and town have for fast food traditional British fish and chip fast food places have that some quality food most having local Chinese chefs from the old Chinese community providing an International cuisine, from Chinese to Indian to kebab, burger or omelette, at a modest price, a lot of Greek Cypriots locally have a a lot meals of traditional Fish & Chips shop takeaways with some giving traditional Fish & Chips cafe style in the town centre.
Within a short train or car journey their are many natural , cultural and historical sites for al flavours of modern and popular culture and cuisine tastes.
But there is nowhere I can go and have a pipe and a traditional British meal , not even outdoors, like in some Mediterranean country's , no Tapas bars as in Spain. But our local pub would put on some British style tapas at Sunday lunchtime, for locals and all , but another old haunt closed in world economic development.
But is the same for most places it seems, some parts are even banning smoking and vaping outdoors and on the beach.
But as I say I try to be content with my home comforts in my cottage cell.

I have been to a few places around the world, but none impressed me more than Japan in the early 1970's. Not just the bustling overcrowded city, but the high mountains where traditional life was still respected, and moved at a snail's pace. The Japanese people then were as cordial and helpful as could be to this American lad who knew not a lick of their language - though I never got lost in the streets with a stranger's helpful friendly walk to my destination.

I often wonder what our civilizations will be like in 500-1000 years, if any still remain.

Yo Stan

I wish I had realized sooner that you were visiting the States. The fine New York Pipe Club had a pipe gathering last night at the Hyatt. Are you staying in the States long?

hp
les

Our local pipe & cigar  tobacconist Liverpool, UK.