Shawn Hirn wrote:
Something I have been wondering about is, why do the western states, at
least California and Nevada have so many more different fast food
restaurants then we do in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey?

For example, in California, there are tons of fast food faux Mexican
places such as Del Taco, Polo Loco, etc. while in the northeast, the
only one I can think of is Taco Bell. The variety of fast food burger
places out west is amazing. Just a few off the top of my had: In-N-Out,
Fat Burger, Whataburger, Sonic, Burger King, McDonalds, Carls Jr., Jack
In the Box, Hardee's, and Wendays. In my area, its only Wendy's, McD's,
and BK. For fast food chicken, I think we're pretty much on par east and
west coasts, but for burger and Mexican joints, there seems like a lot
of untapped opportunity here in the northeast.

I wonder why the variety of fast food places is so much better in the
west coast than east coast? Do any of you have any ideas?

I'm sure Tim will have lots to say about this, but I'm sure it has to do with
how many wets there are in an area.