It depends what McDonalds is to the area. For me it's the one place open at 2am on a Friday night, where people from all walks of life (posh wedding party coming back from a long drive, pissed students, overworked deliveroo drivers taking a break) can sit down almost next to each other in the same area and order the same thing.

McDonalds has always been this great equalizing public square for me, rich or poor, black or white, local or migrant.

That first photo kind of encapsulates that feeling of it being a public space where people can eat and discuss topics at their leisure. The second one feels like that sense of restful decorum is lost.

I got food poisoning from them last week. Like i shit and puked myself from their chicken sandwich.