This question is just a matter of curiosity. Even many small villages now have McDonalds. I just got to wondering where in the US was the greatest distance between 2 of the restaurants. I would guess somewhere in the Midwest like Nebraska or Iowa where it seems like you have to drive forever to hit civilization again after driving by acres upon acres of wheat or corn. It made me wonder-if I had a Big Mac Attack-just how far might I be forced to drive to satisfy my desire for Mickey D's. Any help would be appreciated in figuring out the answer to this all important, earth-shattering, I-just-gotta-know question. Thanks!
2007-05-22 21:22:12 · 7 answers · asked by Susie Q 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Greatest stretch of McDonalds-free distance between two USA McDonald's would be the 550 mile gap between this pair:
2285 Trout St, Juneau AK
3035 Muldoon Rd, Anchorage AK
I'm guessing we're not counting the stretches of distance between Alaska/Hawaii and contiguous mainland.
2007-05-23 15:36:28 · answer #1 · answered by jr95112 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The journal 'Science' recently had a paper regarding the amount of 'roadless space' in the US, that is, the average distance from one road to its nearest neighbor. It showed, understandably enough, that roads were densest on the east coast, with the density dropping off towards the west, and then dropping abruptly at about the centre. (I'm an Australian, so I don't know where you draw your boundaries for things like 'the mid-west')
There was also a thin band of road density along the west coast.
If one were to assume the McDonald's are distributed more or less evenly over roads, then the greatest distance between them would be the place of lowest road density.
This is a vertical strip roughly between the eastern end of California and the centre of Texas.
You'll need a login to read the paper online, but any university library or major city library will have the magazine
2007-05-23 08:16:16 · answer #2 · answered by Tunips 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its an interesting question, and one easily misinterpreted. I initially thought you were seeking the two most remote McD's; i.e. Key West, FL and Nome, AK. However, after I reread your question I think what you're looking for is the greatest distance between two nearest McD's in the US.
I'm thinking perhaps one in Hawaii and one in San Diego, for example. But its just a guess.
2007-05-23 11:19:23 · answer #3 · answered by John B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow.. interesting question.
i don't know too. maybe you should make a database of all the mcdonalds in the us. or ask ronald.
well.. i think its in alaska since people are scarce there too.
i live in the philippines and mcdo's are popping out everywhere. you can even find more than one in a single mall. it's crazy! but i think the menu here is very different from yours. we have chicken and rice meals for one. we don't have supersize, just upsize which might be the large in the us. and the smallest size of drink here doesn't exist there. it's about 250ml. (but there's an even smaller cup for kiddie meals)
:D
i hope you find the answer to your all important, earth-shattering, i-just-gotta-know question.
2007-05-23 04:44:26 · answer #4 · answered by tiffany twisted 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here's the McDonald's Restaurant Locator:
http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/rest_locator.html
Hope this helps!
2007-05-23 05:22:43 · answer #5 · answered by marcelino angelo (BUSY) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wyoming has the lowest population density of any state in the union. It would be smart to start there.
2007-05-23 07:18:45 · answer #6 · answered by supastremph 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
key west florida and nome alaska
2007-05-23 05:11:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋