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McDonald's Is Never More than 107 Miles Away

by: Curtis Abbey

Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 10:09:02 AM PDT


(Amazing, and disgusting... - promoted by JayinPortland)

Blogger Steven Von Worley from Weather Sealed Dot Com has come up with an awesome visualization tool. It shows all the McDonalds in the US.

Steven found the McFarthest spot!

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!

Crossposted to the Progressive Electorate

more obesity news after the fold..
Curtis Abbey :: McDonald's Is Never More than 107 Miles Away
Compare this map to the obesity map.

Obesity Could Become Top Cause Of Cancer

LONDON - Being fat could become the leading cause of cancer in women in Western countries in the coming years, European researchers said Thursday.

Being overweight or obese accounts for up to 8 percent of cancers in Europe. Experts said that figure is poised to increase substantially as the obesity epidemic continues, and as major causes of cancer, such as smoking and hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women, drop dramatically.

"Obesity is catching up at a rate that makes it possible it could become the biggest attributable cause of cancer in women within the next decade," said Andrew Renehan, a cancer expert at the University of Manchester. Renehan presented his findings to a joint meeting of the European Cancer Organisation and the European Society for Medical Oncology in Berlin on Thursday.

This doesn't go well with the news that Obesity and Leukemia: Fat May Offer Sanctuary to Cancer Cells

In leukemia patients, excess fatty tissue allows cancerous cells to avoid destruction by chemotherapy drugs, a study in mice suggests.

The findings, combined with tests on human leukemia cell lines, may explain why previous studies have shown that obese children and adults with leukemia are more apt to relapse than their leaner counterparts, scientists report in the Oct. 1 Cancer Research.

Other research has hinted that obesity may play a role in other cancers as well, says Steven Mittelman, an endocrinologist at the University of Southern California and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

Too much fat may offer a safe haven for leukemia cells during chemotherapy, says David Hockenbery, a physician at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. "This study provides striking experimental support for the clinical observation that obesity is associated with a poor prognosis in multiple cancers."
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McDonald's Is Never More than 107 Miles Away | 22 comments
Lol! (4.00 / 3)
I just posted this in the Pot Luck before I saw your diary.

Great job!

Sickening, isn't it?

3,119,884 square miles in the Lower 48, and not even one American down here is more than 2 hours or so from a McDonald's...

"Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization." - Eugene V. Debs

Congrats to Oregon (4.00 / 4)
It looks like it's doing pretty well denying McDonalds full access.

This brings up some interesting topics. Like why our coastal cities can't eat the fish in their rivers and oceans... instead trucking in ground cornfed beef from the Midwest.

[ Parent ]
Oh, those places are beautiful... (4.00 / 2)
The dark spots in Eastern Oregon.  I've only spent one night of my life out that way, but I'll never forget it.

Never knew there were that many stars in the sky.  And so close, and bright!  Most beautiful thing this city guy has ever seen...

I love that the Columbia River Gorge appears to be a McDonald's-free zone, as well.  The City of Portland as a whole largely is, as well... but the damned suburbs and the I-5 Corridor light us up on that map.  Bah...

Nevada looks like they're doing a good job, too.

I bumped this up to the front page, but moved the second map below the fold for length / visual purposes.  Hope you don't mind...

"Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization." - Eugene V. Debs

[ Parent ]
stars in the sky (4.00 / 2)
Now you know why the ancients called it the Milky Way.
[ Parent ]
in Turkey (4.00 / 2)
One of my boys left for Turkey today. I wonder how many McDs are in Istanbul.
First one apparently... (4.00 / 2)
opened in Turkey in 1986 (country #43).

Also says there were 133 McDonald's restaurants in Turkey as of 2004.

133!!!

Yeeeesh.

Probably half of them are split between Istanbul and Ankara, I'd say.

"Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization." - Eugene V. Debs

[ Parent ]
Further thoughts... (4.00 / 3)
I just noticed this right now.

They're even up at the tip-top of Maine?!

It also appears that a good chunk of Central Upstate New York is McDonald's free, too.  That surprises me a bit.

I know it isn't that populated there, and it's a pretty depressed area... but there are still towns up there.  

I wonder if that's McDonald's last Lower 48 expansion target?  Seems to be the only populated area left.  Those dark spots in the West are probably only dark because coyotes and cougars don't buy Big Macs.  At least, not yet.  Heh...

"Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization." - Eugene V. Debs

The hole in NY State (4.00 / 3)
is probably the Finger Lakes. Just like in FL I can see the hole for Lake Okeechobee. Luckily there aren't floating McD's (yet).

Does anyone have any idea what the hole in what looks like WV or KY is? State park, maybe?

I wish I knew half what the flock of them know
Of where all the berries and other things grow,
Cranberries in bogs and raspberries on top
Of the boulder-strewn mountain, and when they will crop.
--"Blueberries" by Robert Frost

[ Parent ]
Ah, good point... (4.00 / 3)
As for Florida, that looks like it also pretty much includes the preserved Everglades areas.  Otherwise, that hole would close in soon too, I'd bet...

WV / KY I just figured is the outback Appalachian areas.  But wow, it's amazing how many McDonald's there even are in that stretch where I'd think there wouldn't be any.

Looks like they even have restaurants lining the Appalachian Trail!

"Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization." - Eugene V. Debs

[ Parent ]
I wouldn't be so sure of that (4.00 / 3)
I think I went to a McDonalds back in the day on a riverboat in Missouri.. I could be wrong.. and those things are floating but not mobile.

YUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I found it! That wasn't a dream..

[ Parent ]
Wow... (4.00 / 3)
What a trip.. This really brings me back to my childhood.. I hadn't thought about this riverboat since the last time I was there.. probably in 1988.

[ Parent ]
Well... (4.00 / 3)
there goes wide eyed lib's innocence!

Hope you're happy, man...

;-P

"Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization." - Eugene V. Debs

[ Parent ]
::sob:: (4.00 / 4)
I'll never be the same again!

I wish I knew half what the flock of them know
Of where all the berries and other things grow,
Cranberries in bogs and raspberries on top
Of the boulder-strewn mountain, and when they will crop.
--"Blueberries" by Robert Frost
[ Parent ]
Obesity maps. (4.00 / 2)
Everyone probably has seen the CDC time series maps of U.S. obesity. They demonstrate that, since 1985, obesity increases have begun in the South and spread pretty rapidly to the rest of the country, with the Mountain West being the region most reluctant to cave in.

I don't know why. Is it really all Paula Deen's fault?

Yeah, those time-lapse maps... (4.00 / 2)
...are really something else.

Just stumbled across it again somewhere very recently.  The thing I noticed is that only once during the sequence, did one state actually manage to drop their obesity level during one period... before of course, rising again dramatically with the rest of the country over the past decade.

Heh, but of course there's not a problem.  It's all in our minds!

Just make "Smart Choicestm", and pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...

"Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization." - Eugene V. Debs

[ Parent ]
count just reminded me of something... (4.00 / 3)
This map only includes McDonald's locations.  

I wonder if that South Dakota town has a Burger King or a Taco Bell or a KFC or a Wendy's or something?

Dollars to donuts (Dunkin', heh...) there's a fast food chain much closer than 107 miles from that place...

"Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization." - Eugene V. Debs

Do you think it includes (4.00 / 3)
the McDonalds that are inside of Wal-Marts?
[ Parent ]
I would think so... (4.00 / 2)
The map was based on franchise information, which I'd think would include all McDonald's locations whether freestanding or not?

But then again, who knows.

Hmmm...

"Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization." - Eugene V. Debs

[ Parent ]
Get me the list (4.00 / 2)
and I can tell you, based on my knowledge of one (1) McDonald's location in one (1) Wal-Mart. (Hey, my sister insisted on going there. What can I say.)

I have succumbed to the Twitter craze. @Omir55
[ Parent ]
The good news is (4.00 / 3)
my township doesn't let fast food restaurants (or even chain restaurants, I think) build any franchises here.  The bad news is that I think it's because the rich people don't want anything spoiling their views of McMansions, not for any health or environmental reason.

Vote for yourself at www.ni4d.us!
"Even a broken clock..." (4.00 / 3)
Etc, etc...

Take the NIMBYs for whatever they're worth!

Heh.

Every once in a while, they do something for the common good...

"Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization." - Eugene V. Debs

[ Parent ]
There's a group of them who are good (4.00 / 3)
My mom's part of that group, of course.  They push for land conservation around here.  My mom was actually the main force behind an effort that stopped a developer from building a bunch of condos where there's now a few acres of forest and sports fields.  And they've preserved a local farm and some forest on it, and they're trying to stop a local quarry from filling in its holes with asphalt and other toxic stuff.

Other than that, they're just rich bastards as far as I can tell.

Vote for yourself at www.ni4d.us!

[ Parent ]
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