Colorado is also getting In n Out and Whataburger. Most of my favorite local restaurants have slowly closed over the last 10 years. Which I guess is ok, since all my favorite businesses are gone too because of the rising rents caused by legalization. Instead I can sit in my house and Doordash Chipotle while I order stuff on Amazon, just like those culturally sophisticated urbanites who are doing us such a favor by bringing their civilization to us.

I wouldn’t mind if people moved and visited places while expecting something local and new, but instead they just look at a town and wonder “why doesn’t this place have an X?” Well they do it’s just not called X and they don’t need X because who cares about brand recognition?