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The rebirth of movie drive-ins? [View all] shockey80 May 2020 OP
I miss them. Talk about the big screen. LakeArenal May 2020 #1
... PoliticAverse May 2020 #2
Next stop: car-hop restaurants brooklynite May 2020 #3
Beat me to it! Mme. Defarge May 2020 #4
We gotta em here: Sonic LeftInTX May 2020 #7
we went to our Sonic last weekend but OriginalGeek May 2020 #12
only thing I can think is if they.... Locrian May 2020 #14
most of ours have 3-4 long rows of drive-in spots OriginalGeek May 2020 #16
yeah I bet you're right... Locrian May 2020 #20
Like Locrian wrote, Sonics where I live are small. Blue_true May 2020 #23
I have mixed feelings on DQ OriginalGeek May 2020 #50
We no longer have DQ where I live. Blue_true May 2020 #52
Sonic is OK and easy on the wallet. OriginalGeek May 2020 #53
I live in North Central Florida. Never heard of a Culver's. Blue_true May 2020 #55
How far north are you? OriginalGeek May 2020 #56
Marion County. Blue_true May 2020 #59
I live near Gainesville and am your chosen enemy (really must be tough for you to Blue_true May 2020 #60
lol! OriginalGeek May 2020 #61
There is one near me that is very iconic, yet threatened. I am thrilled that this may give them hlthe2b May 2020 #5
The problem is the bathroom situation. cbdo2007 May 2020 #6
Might be time to buy stock in FoxNewsSucks May 2020 #10
Lol cbdo2007 May 2020 #37
They were great. virgogal May 2020 #8
We're lucky enough to have 3 or 4 drive-ins within an hour or two of us... WePurrsevere May 2020 #9
I know the owner of our drivein melm00se May 2020 #45
He sounds like a very savvy business person. nt WePurrsevere May 2020 #49
I always liked going to drive-ins. nt tblue37 May 2020 #11
I've also thought of that lunatica May 2020 #13
the closest one I know of is over an hour away OriginalGeek May 2020 #15
rona baby boom to follow. mopinko May 2020 #17
No way, 4k tv and great sound works better at home nt USALiberal May 2020 #18
All of the drive-in theaters in my area have been closed for many decades. Chainfire May 2020 #19
Just set up a screen on the side of a blank shopping mall wall meadowlander May 2020 #36
Oh wouldn't that be fun to go to one with my husband essme May 2020 #21
The Epic theater a mile from my house rigged one up. GulfCoast66 May 2020 #22
Got a link to that, especially with pictures? Gidney N Cloyd May 2020 #25
Most people are rational and have a short memory. Blue_true May 2020 #24
Cost of land is the big problem localroger May 2020 #26
It's been a long, long time but I recall the audio really sucking Shermann May 2020 #27
You could stream the sound on your phone or hook it up through the car speakers. meadowlander May 2020 #35
A Chinese restaurant near me is planning to open Green Line May 2020 #28
The Kowloon? Tanuki May 2020 #30
Yes, check the Globe, the article was in today's paper Green Line May 2020 #31
Yes!!!!!!!! I saw this today. I love Kowloons. Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #41
We are neighbors, and we love Kowloons too. This should be interesting. Green Line May 2020 #44
The only worry my boyfriend has is that it will be incredibly packed. Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #47
Try Dube's in Salem, great fried seafood and they're doing curbside. Green Line May 2020 #57
I'll check that out :) Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #58
I am so with you on this! I've been in favor of it pre-coronavirus. A high school here in cornball 24 May 2020 #29
When donnie bodybags gets done holding rallies at those drive-ins, we will have to send hazmat niyad May 2020 #32
There are two active drive-ins within 20 minutes of where I live. Totally Tunsie May 2020 #33
the one we go to melm00se May 2020 #46
Not on a a Large Scale . Home Entertainment is where most of the money will be made JI7 May 2020 #34
Whoever actually watched the movie at those things? They were (legalized) make-out lots, lol Baclava May 2020 #38
We have one near my house in Rhode Island Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #40
There is a famous Asian restaurant just north of Boston... Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #39
Back in the early 60s, there was a drive-in theater in the next small town to mine. MineralMan May 2020 #42
I have great memories of drive ins spinbaby May 2020 #43
Too much light pollution where I live... Wounded Bear May 2020 #48
My memories of the drive-in are, shockey80 May 2020 #51
Not here I think. DST means it doesn;t get dark until LATE in the summer time... Happy Hoosier May 2020 #54
On a night where severe thunderstorms w/possibility of hail Totally Tunsie May 2020 #62
The Rustic!! Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #63
You've got it...the (in)famous Rustic!! Totally Tunsie May 2020 #64
It may revitalize the surviving ones, but very limited chance of new ones... JHB May 2020 #65
Up The Tech ProfessorGAC May 2020 #66
Drive-ins are freakin' great! Yeehah May 2020 #67
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