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We had one in a few towns over but it's up for sale now. I'm glad I got to enjoy it while I could.
Used to go to one growing up. It was pretty fun, but ultimately an inferior experience to streaming it on my couch. >

Random people with headlights coming on, sound issues, trouble seeing the screen unless you are early enough to get super close (saw the latest Batman at one, first 20 minutes looked like just a black screen), people fuckin in their cars next to your family, having to walk through mud or dirt to get concessions if you want.
I think there are plenty of reasons why they are dying out, and you can get the few comforts they offer at home streaming the movie instead. >

Not unpopular!  I work at a drive in and agree, we need more!
I’ve been to destroyed ones…Derelict, long ago defiled and abandoned, it made me want to cry seeing the decrepit and decaying concession stand, partially collapsed… 😢
Please, we need more, people!   We must bring them back, before it’s too late!
But for outside food and beverage, you have to pay extra to bring them in >

how would a drive in regulate outside food?  Do they toss your car like Border Patrol on entry?  
My cities drive in - The Star Light - was torn down in 1992? after sitting empty beside I-5 for several years as the screens slowly collapsed.  The site is now the Little League fields >

They ask you at the entrance.   You buy a food pass for $10 there.   If you’re caught with outside food or beverage without a pass, you have the option to purchase the pass for double the normal price, or leave. >

I would U-turn and never return to the drive in.....  "You are fucking kidding me, right"?
Thats the entire fucking point?
Does someone actually shine a flashlight in your car during the movie and interrogate you about your food pass status?
I'll just hit the Cinemark with heated reclining seats and a full bar