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So, a couple was driving late and some other person shot them on purpose?  Interesting.  I suppose it's not know if the shooter was in a vehicle.

I suppose it's better if it was a purposeful shooting.

I once read that no McDonald's has even gone under.  They do at times move a franchise from A to B if a neighborhood changes over time.  The franchise concept is rather magical at times, often of course a scam, or sometimes it's a scam.  I used to wonder about Subway they were opening so fast.

The Subways are out of control. Cedar City, UT has seven by my count, and two of them straddle either side of their primary exit so that they are the first thing that you come to no matter which way you turn. 

Mesquite, NV has always had two McDonald's, which I have always found funny. Even when they were much smaller than their current 20k, they have always had two. I bet that they don't even have half a dozen total fast food joints, yet two of them are the exact same thing. Ridiculous, really. 

The Subways are out of control. Cedar City, UT has seven by my count, and two of them straddle either side of their primary exit so that they are the first thing that you come to no matter which way you turn.

Mesquite, NV has always had two McDonald's, which I have always found funny. Even when they were much smaller than their current 20k, they have always had two. I bet that they don't even have half a dozen total fast food joints, yet two of them are the exact same thing. Ridiculous, really.

There is a town about 25 minutes south of me in WV called Beckley. Has around 20k in population but somehow supports 3 McDonald’s, 2 Chick Fil A’s, and 2 Wendy’s.  There is actually a third Chick Fil A in a mall about 5 minutes outside of the city limits that everyone just sort of thinks of as Beckley anyway.  All of the duplicate franchises are within a 10 minute drive of each other.  It’s insane.

I couldn’t even begin to count the number of Subway’s just within a 20 mile radius of me.

If memory serves, I recall some story years ago about how Subway makes their franchises super cheap to start and doesn't care much about their density. So a lot of Subways, with more going under, is more financially viable for the mothership than fewer ones that concentrate business (I suppose the loss is carried by those who start the franchise). 

There is a town about 25 minutes south of me in WV called Beckley. Has around 20k in population but somehow supports 3 McDonald’s, 2 Chick Fil A’s, and 2 Wendy’s.  There is actually a third Chick Fil A in a mall about 5 minutes outside of the city limits that everyone just sort of thinks of as Beckley anyway.  All of the duplicate franchises are within a 10 minute drive of each other.  It’s insane.

Nice. When I was in Ohio my mountain getaways tended to be in either Pipestem or Princeton, right around that area. So I've been through Beckley, but never stayed. You are right though, it was a good place to stop and grab a bite to eat. There was a Hooters in Beckley that came in handy for watching sporting events, from time to time. 

There is a town about 25 minutes south of me in WV called Beckley. Has around 20k in population but somehow supports 3 McDonald’s, 2 Chick Fil A’s, and 2 Wendy’s.  There is actually a third Chick Fil A in a mall about 5 minutes outside of the city limits that everyone just sort of thinks of as Beckley anyway.  All of the duplicate franchises are within a 10 minute drive of each other.  It’s insane.

My favorite memory of West Virginia was driving my the town of Nitro to go to a taping of Monday Nitro