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In my experience "suburb" towns that have variety of density, including a dense town core, have more variety of healthy local stores and restaurants as well. I

In my experience "suburb" towns that have variety of density, including a dense town core, have more variety of healthy local stores and restaurants as well. It's hard to run a local restaurant when the houses are all evenly spread out and going out to dinner means a 30 minute car drive. Thus the proliferation of chain franchises in these areas.

jjav 3y ago
> It's hard to run a local restaurant when the houses are all evenly spread out and going out to dinner means a 30 minute car drive. Can you point me at a few suburbs (not out in the wilderness) where it actually takes a 30 minute car drive to get to a restaurant? I have difficulty picturing that such a place exists, but maybe I'm wrong.