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> On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:35:04 +0100, UC wrote:
>
>>Paul Dwerryhouse wrote:
>>> UC writes:
>>>
>>>> ...at the end, we've the usual city downtowns: H&M, FootLocker,
>>>> Calzedonia, Starbucks, McDonalds, etc.
>>>
>>> Who goes travelling to visit those places? (Aside, of course, from the
>>> moron
>>> whose goal is to visit every Starbucks on the planet...)
>>
>>Starbucks in Vienna are full of Americans, and Vienna is a world famous
>>city for typical viennese-style coffeehouses. Just as an example.
>
> Most McDonalds arefilled with local people. Certainly the
>
arefilled...
>
> McDonalds near the CEngtral Station in Stockholm was full of
> Wedes wehn I was there. The only fast food place in Paris I saw
>
CEngtral, Wedes, wehn.....
>
> that had a lot of Americans was the McDonalds on the Champs
> Elysee, and evn gtht one wasn't all Americans.
>
Champs Elysee, evn, gtht...
>
> In fact, these American franchisees wouldn't survive at all if it
> wren't for locals.
>
All in all, well put.
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