This was the bike I built when the insurance money came in for the time I almost died. It's a yellow All-City Macho Man with a Surly fork, and it was, I believe, one of the first All-City bikes being used as a work bike in downtown Seattle. (Not the first. But one of them.)
That probably sounds like a meaningless distinction but now, All-City is everywhere. Just about every courier I know has at least one, if not multiples; they're sturdy, dependable steel frames, with lots of options for mounting racks and fenders. They look nice. When I built this bike it was my third bike, and it immediately became my primary work bike; at this point I think it's probably the oldest working bike in the city, and almost certainly the oldest All-City.
(It was a custom build; the thing that draws the most comments from the sort of people who notice this thing are the shifters, which feature Paul's thumbie adapters to make some cheap Shimano downtube friction shifters work on the handlebars. I've always been a little skeptical of index shifting, but also downtube shifting is annoying. Those adapters solve both of those problems nicely.)
It was announced this year that 2024 will be the last year for new All-City models entering the market, and that the brand will be winding down subsequently; the off-the-record reason given to The Radavist was "low sale numbers," and I believe that largely translates to "e-bikes." For most people, the appeal of the bike is a cheap way to get around that doesn't require parking and lets you feel the wind in your hair; and for that purpose your best bet is something electronic. All-City was perhaps too niche to survive in this market: while there is a dedicated community of people who like sturdiness in their bikes, when you build something that's meant to last, you don't end up buying another one in a few years. You keep it.
You keep it, and when you take it in to get looked at because it's been two years since it's been serviced and you just feel like you'd like to have some eyes on it, it's still running fine--maybe get a new drivetrain in a few months. You keep it because it's bulletproof. It's survived so many winters, with the constant rain and the salt on the roads, and if you look closely enough you can see the signs that it's seen many years of heavy use, but it's still kicking. It's got life in it yet.