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I’m not sure the claims are incorrect. I live in a great downtown with lots of unique local pizza places. But just 30 minutes in any direction are suburbs that

• karaterobot 4y ago
  > But just 30 minutes in any direction are suburbs that have only chains. That would be weird if true. I've lived in many suburbs, and there were always quite a few smaller pizza restaurants. I live in a suburb now, and let me check Doordash... 39 places where I can get a pizza, not counting Dominos, Little Caesars, MOD pizza, Papa John's, or Pizza Hut (which are also options).
• uxp100 4y ago
  Interesting. The suburbs by me are thick with independent pizza restaurants. And small towns seem way more likely to have a mediocre independent pizza place than a chain. Unlike Subway or McDonald’s which do show up in pretty rural locations, I’ve never seen a Pizza Hut in a town of 500 people. But the data is apparently about Online pizza sales, so the independents, who you just call on the phone, wouldn’t be included no matter what.
• BeetleB 4y ago
  > But just 30 minutes in any direction are suburbs that have only chains. The article isn't anti-chain. Just anti-major chains. As for suburbs, my suburb is full of pizza stores that are not Papa John's, Dominos or Pizza Hut. The majority are something else - either local or smaller chain.