As a general rule, I'm not much for fast food (except for on a road trip, where the occasional bag o' fries can feel like it has its own tiny place. You know, kind of like car sickness and Dramamine--would it be a road trip without either?). Forget the fat-sugar-salt-calorie overload of fast food--I'm an energy black hole afterward. But, should I ever need a fix, my city is apparently the 31st "fast food capital" in the country, according to a new report. So what's first on the list?
According to a study compiled by The Daily Beast, the number-one American city with the most fast-food eateries is: Orlando, FL.
And here are the next nine: Louisville, KY; Richmond, VA; Miami, FL; Las Vegas, NV; Tampa, FL; Baton Rouge, LA; Cincinnati, OH; Spokane, WA; and Birmingham, AL. (The list was compiled by determining the total locations of the country's 30 largest fast-food chains in nearly 500 cities.)
Reports The Daily Beast: "According to NPD Group, there are 15,000 more chain restaurants now than there were five years ago--a 5 percent increase. During the same time period, there was nearly a 1 percent decline in the number of independent restaurants."
I don't love this last bit about the independent restaurants declining. But there are apparently some cities that are fighting the fast-food influx--there's even one town in Utah that set up an ordinance which blocks chain restaurants from setting up shop.
PS: Semi-related, but did you hear that Taco Bell is giving away 10 million tacos tomorrow (remember all that hullaballoo a few weeks ago about the makeup of its taco meat)?
Does your city have many fast food restaurants? When--if ever--do you eat fast food? What kind do you eat?
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