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They've effectively outsourced the work - they are paying this guy to get up at 5:30AM on their behalf. You go shopping for yourself, he goes on behalf of his customers.

they've completely demolished the vibe of something formerly quaint.

I think you mean overlooked. Well, it's in the spotlight now, and gotten popular. More busy, less calm, less 'quaint'. The market exists for (as a result of) the sellers, of they are happy, consider that the target demographic has just shifted, and you are no longer it.

Imagine if I went to a hippie festival..

What is a 'hippy-festival', does it imply some kind of values shared by the seller, or is that just a description of the usual buyer?

Feels a bit like the glass-makers fallacy.

Why can't the food truck do the same? Why do they need to go to the 'fancy neighbourhood' if the food truck can raise their prices in their current location (festival)? Do you think the food truck sellers believe this is a bad thing? Should the food sellers be prevented from earning more so that you can pay less - and surely the food truck sellers could continue charging less if they wished? Unless the festival organisers started charging them higher fees.

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