Fort Worth Is Getting A Drive-In, But Dallas Wants To Get Laid, Too

"Little lower, a little lower ... there's the gear shift."
Chihuly, Central Market, that crazy bridge -- they're all being billed as the saving grace of Dallas, or rather stuff that makes our already valuable stuff more valuable. Fine, you can have your bridge and your heart-healthy prepared meals and your blown-glass chandeliers, but none of those things will get you laid. You know what will? A drive-in, that's what. That's more valuable than all of Chihuly's woven suns and Central Market's artisan bread loafs, combined.
It was announced yesterday that a nice hunk of parking lot along the Trinity has entered into a 10-year lease in Fort Worth with plans of using the dead space for a drive-in movie theater. Why aren't we doing that? The city wins: They get a company to move into an abandoned lot, clean it up, erect a few screens and hand out some jobs. The discarded asphalt that time forget turns into a gathering place and revenue source. Life happens, those street lamps get fixed and before you know it, maybe a coffee shop pops up nearby,
Locals win: Always a pleasant balance of seedy and thrifty, drive-ins make it easy to spend quality time with friends or pitch a fun and grab-heavy date night. Just having the okay to bring your own food and drinks to a movie makes the experience worth while -- translation, I'm a notorious cheapskate and I die a little inside if I spend $20 on a hot pretzel and another five on nacho cheese. I can bring, and have brought, entire multi-course meals to the drive-in.
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