• Bored Stonerian
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    102 years ago

    It’s insane, where I live, how literally dozens of drivers, more than half of them in huge trucks, will idle in a Chick-fil-A drive thru for 25 minutes just to avoid walking 20 feet. No wonder Americans are obese.

    • @[email protected]
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      42 years ago

      One of the things that legit blew my mind moving from Northern California to Texas is how many freaking drive thrus there are here. It’s wild. They are just attached to everything. I guess it’s a byproduct of land being at less of a premium.

      • Bored Stonerian
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        42 years ago

        I think it’s cultural, too. You might also notice that people drive up and down the parking lot at Walmart looking for a space just ten feet closer to the entrance. Getting out of the car and walking somewhere is anathema in places like Tx.

        • @[email protected]
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          22 years ago

          Yup. Although to be fair, the urban/suburban sprawl here is pretty wild. I’m in DFW suburbs and there is nothing walkable around me. Closest grocery store is a 6mile round trip with missing sidewalks and I’d probably consider anything within like 20-25 mins by car to be “close.” When you have to rely on your car so heavily, it’s no wonder that it doesn’t even occur to people there’s any other way.

    • BarqsHasBite
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      22 years ago

      Last time I went for fast food, I was at the counter while the guy took 3 drive through orders before taking mine.

    • @Greenskye
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      22 years ago

      To be fair, restaurants prioritize drive thrus over customers inside the restaurant. It’s often faster for me to get my food waiting in a long line at the drive through than it is to go inside where there’s no line at all, but I’m still placed at the very lowest priority.