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Originally Posted by TerraDave  You'd sooner go to an Applebees then a British pub, in Britain? |
It depends on context. If I am traveling and looking for "local color" then a local restaurant is where I'd end up. If I'm traveling and don't care about the local color (or the local color is simply not interetsing to me), then a chain offers reliability and dependability that I can't get by looking at a local place.
McDonalds and other chain restaurants offer reliability, If I am in an unfamiliar area, I will have no idea which local place is good, and which serves sandwiches that taste like sawdust. I have a pretty good idea what I will get at a McDonalds, a TGIFridays, or any number of other places. Even in Britain, I am sure that some British pubs serve food that is nigh inedible - and if I am not in the mood to guess which one's those are and avoid them, I may choose the reliable chain place.
In my town we have several local restaurants. Some are good, some are bad. I know which is which, because I live here and I've tried them. But you probably couldn't tell me if Main Street Wings, or Kate's, or Magnolia's are any good, because you haven't tried them.
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