Moneybox

Trucks Are the New Buildings

The rent is too damn high.

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I saw this today near Dupont Circle and thought to myself it’s cool that the “let’s put our business in a truck” trend is spreading, but isn’t this out of control?

It seems like a city that allowed for a healthy amount of real estate development wouldn’t have this level of interest in truck-based retail. But as it is, I heard yesterday that someone’s trying to get permits to open a massage truck in D.C.