The United States of McDonald's?

I admit it: I've been through the drive-through.

Still, it's pretty stunning when you think of what some of the leading environmental and cultural experts have to say about the pervasiveness and resulting impact of a landscape overtaken by fast food.

This map makes it pretty vivid. The author/blogger got data on the 13,000+ locations of McD's in the lower 48, and then used some clever programming to create the overlay rendering that shows there's hardly a spot when we aren't just minutes away from a burger and fries -- even in what should be pristine wilderness.

Anyway, it was pretty startling to me. And, especially when I see our own GG doing such a great job with cooking from scratch, and the need to support local producers, which I try to do whenver possible -- I thought it was worth sharing and pondering.

There's more on the original blog:

http://www.weathersealed.com/

inspired by the author's cruise through California's Central Valley this summer, and resulting lament over what is described as "country stip malls" that have sprouting where there just used to be landscape....

What are your thoughts?