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There are more castles in Germany (20,000 to 25,000) than McDonald's restaurants in the USA (13,500). From that perspective, McDonald's restaurants are more rar
by jansan 1y ago
There are more castles in Germany (20,000 to 25,000) than McDonald's restaurants in the USA (13,500). From that perspective, McDonald's restaurants are more rare and therefore more in danger of extinction, so they should be put on UNESCO's World Heritage List, too.
- fweimer 1y agoI think that's the total number of castles built? The number that is around today is much smaller, even when including ruins.
- thrance 1y agoMaybe the original one, once it goes out of business? But that would be a sad example of American "culture".
- Hikikomori 1y agoWhat counts as a castle? If we go by pictures in the article any fancy old building fits. Much like palazzos on Italy.
- smnrchrds 1y agoWish we had done that with Pizza Hut locations.
- joules77 1y agoMcDonalds just builds outlets in world heritage sites.
- bee_rider 1y agoI don’t think it is about danger of “extinction.” But fast-food has been kind of a big deal for better or worse, so maybe it would be ok put a McDonalds on there? Note that this particular article is about fairytale castles, so not real castles, and a slightly more unique thing. But there are real forts and castles in the thing as well. We could possibly worry that fast food is not really worth commemorating. But then, historical forts and castles were sometimes put there for all sorts of nasty reasons, so I don’t know what’s disqualifying.