I found this juxtaposition worthy of snapping it with my camera. A vacant storefront on Broadway on the Lower East Side with one of the ubiquitous hot dog stands selling its dirty water hotdogs.
Actually the few blocks around where this picture was taken has a disproportionate number of empty store fronts which is indicative of what is happening all over as people just pull back in their wanton spending habits.
Though I have not taken a scientific survey I would suspect the “Hotdog man” is doing just fine. How can you beat a lunch of hotdogs and soda which probably comes to less then $5. Forget about the health effects, who cares! They taste good and the economics are just right and you won’t die from it till many years into the future anyway.
[tags]Julio Hernandez-Miyares, New York City, Recession[/tags]
