In this case, because it was just two measures (three if you include the dates), it was easy enough (and quicker) for me to copy-and-paste the data from the source into a spreadsheet. However, the best way to do it would have been to import the data using a query to pull it from the table on the web page, clean it up and load it to a sheet.

I know it nearly overlays with population distribution, but the north south line of what I presume is the Mississippi River seems really stark (damnyouautocorrect). I haven't checked a map but I wonder if companies assumed east of Mississippi River for population rather than consulting the actual population distributions.

We are getting a Tim Horton in Houston.

Hi, really nice charts! Just a quick question - Are the location densities per square km? Like is subway 24.33 locations/km^2 ?

All of those places have terrible food lately. They keep decreasing the quality like we won't notice. It's not even worth it anymore.

Think we have a new summit… Just found out Subway is in most Costco stores…

This was an existential moment for me.

You’re right. I was thinking that walking in is usually faster food BUT realised this only works where the place has a busy drive thru. Hmmmm

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Im not sure why Subway doesnt have a worse reputation. Even the poorest towns in the country have one.

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What a time to be alive

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Yep, it’s capitalism’s final form

Sorry, wot? This… this exists?!?

No people, very rural and little services.

Little services: Hospitals, Petrol Stations, Town centres and low population numbers.

Home values in the north have skyrocketed with speculator-y investments in real estate.

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Interesting pick up. Thanks

Would be more interesting to see the smaller chains that aren’t nationwide to see the gaps. For instance, I live up in New England and have never seen a Carl’s Jr. or Jack-in-the-box anywhere near me. Same goes for a Long John Silvers but that’s more understandable due to our already existing delicious seafood.

Dunken is pretty sparse in the southwest as well starting just past the Florida panhandle. Both Starbucks and Dunkin have a triangular hole on the lower Mississippi.

Every time we travel out of the PNW, my kids look forward to DD. It’s like an exotic treat for them 😅

The price of gasoline in 1962 was $0.31 a gallon. In real dollar terms, that is probably more than the $2.55 I just paid today. People think of the 1960’s as a golden era of muscle cars and cheap gasoline, but gasoline has almost always been incredibly cheap in the US. And yet few people would ever believe that statement.

This is why the US is so against nationalized health care. The profits are too big.

True. If you do a plot of Taco John locations in the USA, however, you will see a map of where people don’t live in the country. I love Taco John BTW, but they only seem to be in very isolated places.