European here: While I don't advocate for stroads, they do certainly look cool to "America lovers" all around the world.

> Has anyone ever put a picture of a stroad up as art

Nobody puts up little ugly streets of Milan as art either, but stroads in Vegas and LA are certainly photographed quite a bit.

Edit: My comment is confirmed by a few comments just below https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29507951