My neighborhood still has an ice cream truck. I’m curious how many other cities still have ice cream trucks. They seem outdated at this point.

EDIT: thanks for all the responses! Its surprising to me that ice cream trucks are still going, but that’s awesome!

  • Cralex@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    One drove by my house a few weeks ago. Before that? I haven’t seen one in the wild in years.

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    4 days ago

    Where I’m at in Texas, the ice cream truck runs almost year-round. I’m fairly certain they’re selling drugs, because the amount they charge for ice cream is too expensive to be worth it.

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    4 days ago

    My neighborhood has them. There are adult versions now, they are just called food trucks.

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      2 days ago

      I don’t think I’ve ever seen a food truck drive around looking for customers. They’re usually just stationed in one place for the day.

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        2 days ago

        Food trucks move to good spots all the time and many of them have apps that tell people were they are setting up.

        I have seen many food trucks that just sell deserts and ice cream…

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    4 days ago

    What’s outdated about it?

    People like ice cream, and with global warming even more, , so a truck strategically parked (at the school exit, in the park, in front of that tourist hot spot) will drag an audience. It may be a bit harder for the ones going from neighborhood to neighbourhood but it’s still a thing. We even have one stopping at my work parking, which is the opportunity for informal discussion with coworkers I see less

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      3 days ago

      You have to get out of your house and talk to someone, you can’t just order it on the phone. It’s def old school 😅

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    4 days ago

    Still got them here in Australia. They’ve always been a rarity and somehow they’re always somewhere else where you can’t see them yet they sound close by but they seem about as common now as my childhood in the 90s.

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    3 days ago

    same here, we have one that regularly comes to our part of the neighborhood, but most of the time its cold season, so there isnt much demand.

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    4 days ago

    The ice cream truck stopped coming to our estate about 5 years ago though there are plenty of kids about.

    I do see them parked near playgrounds etc. quite a bit but not doing the rounds like they used to.

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    3 days ago

    I live in a major city un Germany. One of the big ice cream parlors has several trucks that go to parks and areas with many offices. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one driving through a residential neighbourhood.

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    4 days ago

    We have two different ones that come through our neighborhood and drive me crazy because they both play an ice cream truck version of Stereo Love by Edward Maya and have been doing so for close to a decade now. Get a new song already!

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      4 days ago

      I’ve worked repetitive, hot, boring jobs before, but I don’t know how the people working those trucks can keep their sanity with that music on repeat. I get sick enough of Christmas music in stores after hearing them like twice, and the blaring of an ice cream truck is 100x worse!