Although it should be noted that modern American regulations make it very challenging to run the kind of low-cost "random guy with a cart" stands that historically provided street food.
Very true, and I also read that income taxes were one reason for people doing things themselves, because income taxes discourage 'outsourcing' household tasks. The example used in that article (which I can't find right now) was that people paint their own houses more in places with higher income taxes.
