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capitalism after dark, minus the fluorescent guilt and plus better food.
means an open-air market that runs at night, usually food-heavy, cheap, chaotic, and better than whatever's open during the day.
from rooted in ancient east and southeast asian trading culture, where merchants sold after sundown to dodge daytime heat and taxes; formalized in tang dynasty china once curfew laws finally loosened enough to let commerce happen after dark.
tang dynasty rulecurfews once banned nighttime trading entirely
heat logictropical climates made night the only bearable hour
modern exportnow a tourism strategy for entire city governments
for instance
shilin night market — taipei's biggest, birthplace of taiwan's oyster omelet fame
chatuchak weekend market — bangkok's version sprawls across 35 acres, day into night
kuala lumpur pasar malam — rotates neighborhoods nightly, different street, same chaos