I've been trying duckduckgo for the last month and just don't find it as good, all to often I'll be searching for a local shop, and even including my town name

I've been trying duckduckgo for the last month and just don't find it as good, all to often I'll be searching for a local shop, and even including my town name and it will give me America results. I really want to like it, as I feel too tied up with Google, but it's just not there yet. Still powering on though.