the homogenization of the US by these chain companies is disgusting. they show up like parasites to any town once they reach some arbitrary population density and suck up business that should be going to locally owned operations. completely destroys the culture. 90% of american towns are just a strip of gas stations and the same fast food chains
hyper local chains are still kinda cool though. shit that only exists around cities and their burbs. still has local flavor and culture, so they get a pass thus the 100 mile radius limit.
That’s one thing that’s always stuck out to me about the USA. It’s like, everywhere else in the world you ask someone who’s from there about what’s good to eat and they’ll be like ‘Oh you have to try chilaquiles’ or ‘Shengjianbao are a must’ but you ask a USAian and they’re like ‘Yeah Chick-fil-A is dope’.
I don’t really have this problem in my town. Sure there’s way too many shit fast-food joints, but there’s also alot of decent restraunts and I have some favorites
The small cities ~50k populous can have nice stuff. The towns are completely overrun by the chain stores
Idk if this is the case. Maybe in the more
and suburban areas, but regional cuisines still exist, especially where there is a healthy population of non-Anglo descended people. Louisiana comes to mind, not to mention native American cuisines as examples.