• ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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    It’s not really a dig at these states more just stating how things are. Chain restaurants like these are the main game in town due to low wages and much lower population density.

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      1 month ago

      The phrase “flyover state” is a pejorative used by coastal dwellers. It’s a put down and every person I’ve ever interacted with who uses it is a bigot or an enormous douche-canoe; often both.

      Chain restaurants like these are the main game in town due to low wages and much lower population density.

      I’d contest that, the smaller the city or town the less likely they are to have these kinds of chain restaurants. A place with a population of 60,000 may only have a handful of chain restaurants and anywhere with less than 30,000 may not have any at all. In my experience the smaller the population the higher the number of mom and pop restaurants.