I have some friends who work for McDonalds and they will like this map, but I find it distressing (from the Map Scroll Blog). The map shows the distance wherever you are in the continental United States to reach the next McDonalds ... link to the Map Scroll for full details. The greatest distance between two McDonalds ... Between the tiny Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley lies the McFarthest Spot: 107 miles distant from the nearest McDonald’s, as the crow flies, and 145 miles by car! (Click upon the image to view full sized.)
I think it's pretty wild to see it mapped out (especially that the restaurants appear to frame the country). Being a South Dakota native, I can vouch for the long distance between McDonald's locations in SoDak. (Disclosure: i work at McDonald's)
Posted by: Joe Curry | October 12, 2009 at 09:28 PM
Even in Bologna Italy, where I am currently living, where they invented Spaghetti alla Bolognese (and have every other Italian delight), has found room for multiple McDonalds inside just the old medieval city walls!
Posted by: Carl Hoeg | September 29, 2009 at 05:27 PM
Hi Stephen!
It's the attack of the Big Mac's upon Quebec City! What we could not
accomplish during the Revolutionary War we are now trying to finish!
Rich
Posted by: rhoeg | September 28, 2009 at 08:47 PM
Something a little weird is happening up in the north-east, where the U.S. McDonalds appear to be invading Canada.
Posted by: Stephen Downes | September 28, 2009 at 05:47 PM