Sep
24
2009
The McDonaldization of America
Stephen Von Worley recently set out “to determine the farthest point from a Micky Dee’s – in the lower 48 states, at least.” Among the 13,000 McDonalds, he found his answer in northwestern South Dakota:
There, in a patch of rolling grassland, loosely hemmed in by Bismarck, Dickinson, Pierre, and the greater Rapid City-Spearfish-Sturgis metropolitan area, we find our answer.
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!
As Stephen says, “Suffer a Big Mac Attack out there, and you’re hurtin’ for certain!”
You can see a poster-sized version of his map here.
HT: Joe Carter