In article <QdOdnc53acrAuBjanZ2dnUVZ_h2pnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Worschey <worldwar666@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Shawn Hirn wrote:
> > Something I have been wondering about is, why do the western states,
at
> > least California and Nevada have so many more different fast food
> > restaurants then we do in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey?
> >
> > For example, in California, there are tons of fast food faux Mexican
> > places such as Del Taco, Polo Loco, etc. while in the northeast, the
> > only one I can think of is Taco Bell. The variety of fast food burger
> > places out west is amazing. Just a few off the top of my had:
In-N-Out,
> > Fat Burger, Whataburger, Sonic, Burger King, McDonalds, Carls Jr.,
Jack
> > In the Box, Hardee's, and Wendays. In my area, its only Wendy's,
McD's,
> > and BK. For fast food chicken, I think we're pretty much on par east
and
> > west coasts, but for burger and Mexican joints, there seems like a lot
> > of untapped op****tunity here in the northeast.
> >
> > I wonder why the variety of fast food places is so much better in the
> > west coast than east coast? Do any of you have any ideas?
>
> Good reasons suggested so far. I've also heard that many of them
> started out there, though I haven't looked up the data myself. You're
> right though about the limited selection in the NJ-PA area. It's tough
> reading all these discussions (in aff-f) about Del Taco, JitB, etc. with
> no frame of reference.
>
> There are plenty of local burger places in my area (Newark/Elizabeth)
> where you can get a quick, inexpensive fried and flattened burger to go,
> at prices that compete with the major chains. From my experience you
> can find some pretty awesome, cheap Mexican takeout in New Brunswick
> where there's a large Hispanic population, once you get away from the
> college neighborhoods. Once, while driving through PA, I stopped
> somewhere near Bethlehem and saw what appeared to be a hot dog and
> donuts restaurant. And they had a drive-thru, which according to the
> Dialogues of Saukretes makes it a certified fast food establishment.
> So, I tend to believe we have a nice variety of fast food in this
> region, but you have to go digging around for it.
You might be right. We also have great diners, which I don't believe
exist at all in the western states. Some diners have great burgers, but
they are definitely not fast food.
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