> The latter isn't even much cheaper. For the customer, perhaps. Higher margin, though, so the business can survive with fewer customers. I think it is pretty

> The latter isn't even much cheaper. For the customer, perhaps. Higher margin, though, so the business can survive with fewer customers. I think it is pretty clear that "high class" places attract more restaurant traffic. Case in point: The town I grew up in, of 1,000 people but a town of the rich and famous (you're probably familiar with quite a few of them), there are 15 restaurants (was 16, but one recently burnt down). The town where I live now, which is the next one up the road but more of a working man's town, has 3,000 people yet only seven restaurants.