Post #574512 by woofmutt on Thu, Feb 3, 2011 9:21 AM

"But back in the 30s and 40s, hotel bars and restaurants were glamorous destinations for an evening out..."

There are still remnants of the great hotel bars and in most cities there are fancy schmancy hotels that usually have swanky bars which are frequently destinations in themselves. But the majority of hotels which serve the general traveling public (average tourists and business people) don't bother with having great bars or even having bars at all.

Whatever the One Answer is to this question it seems it has to also apply to all things in modern life which once were distinct or unique but are now all uniform and beige. This would include bars, restaurants, apartment buildings, houses, radio station formats, cars, et cetera.