the homogenization of the US by these chain companies is disgusting. they show up like parasites to any town once they reach some arbitrary population density and suck up business that should be going to locally owned operations. completely destroys the culture. 90% of american towns are just a strip of gas stations and the same fast food chains
hyper local chains are still kinda cool though. shit that only exists around cities and their burbs. still has local flavor and culture, so they get a pass thus the 100 mile radius limit.
I don't really have this problem in my town. Sure there's way too many shit fast-food joints, but there's also alot of decent restraunts and I have some favorites
The small cities ~50k populous can have nice stuff. The towns are completely overrun by the chain stores