From the folks at WeatherSealed who brought you the map of every McDonald's in America, see here, the map of every fast-food hamburger in America. The black void represents McDonald's, but there are some places where others (specifically Sonic in Texas) are making a strong effort at contesting that domination, at least locally.
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