In the upper photo it's more like 15 people at most. The inefficiency of cars astounding once you actually start paying attention to it. Moving to cars for every transit mode is in the 10 ten worst decisions humanity has ever made.

I see 7 people getting a coffee in the top photo.

Honestly seems more of a critique of grind culture we've got in the US. Used to be you had time in the morning or afternoon to enjoy a cafe but now you've got a job you can't afford to quit in a town you can't afford to live in and need to drive an hour to get there with gas you can't afford... that last part because there are no trains anymore, too.

Yeah, halfway through that, I admit it's also still bullshit car culture nonsense, too. Lol

Bring back third spaces!!

Is that the Inception cafe?

I mean I agree, but have any of you been to a busy cafe or restaurant? Listening to 30 people inevitably shouting over each other while I try to drink coffee isn't my idea of enjoyment.

Even the architecture of the Starbucks is so inhuman. It looks like a fireplace in an AirBnB that's just a TV that shows a video of a fire.

Nah that top photo is at most 10 people getting a coffee.

Cars suck

I dunno, sharing a single coffee with 30 other people sounds like a pain whether everybody's in cars or not.

Coffee too expensive to get and not enough money to enjoy not just coffee, life as well.

Personally, I dont want to sit with that many people. Get in my car and drive away from them as far as I can