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It's really not hard to find a communal gathering spot a little more high-brow than McDonald's For example, I live in the suburbs of San Francisco. Not far fro

It's really not hard to find a communal gathering spot a little more high-brow than McDonald's For example, I live in the suburbs of San Francisco. Not far from me there is a delightful and quaint organic bakery, and across from that is a gorgeous park. On weekends after my kids finish lacrosse practice, my wife and I take them there and enjoy some cheap ($9 each) chocolate croissants while they play on their tablets in the park. People choosing to congregate in a McDonald's is as inconceivable as choosing to meet up in an outhouse or an abbatoir to me.

city41 10y ago
But you live in a San Francisco suburb. Try a small town in West Virginia or Alabama. It's very different.
- cloakandswagger 10y ago
  Then the people that live there should make an effort to move out west. Again, not hard -- take some CodeAcademy classes.
  - city41 10y ago
    That's pretty silly. You both imply we can all fit in the bay area, and that poverty is a trivially solved problem. Both are definitely not true.
  - ghaff 10y ago
    I assume you're being a troll. Because the alternatives I can think of are a lot worse.
palimpsests 10y ago
I can't tell if this comment is sarcastic or not. $9 croissants? I never thought I would defend McDonald's - comparing that place to an outhouse along with your croissant comment just comes across as being incredibly privileged, and not in a very nice way.