How far are you from the nearest McDonalds?

[cali]

I'll start: I'm 23 miles from the nearest McDonalds.

[Divine Discontent]

1. cali, that is shocking and anti-American! (snicker...)

I'm about 3/4th's a mile away... yeah, I'm not rich.

[cali]

4. hah. I wish I lived further away. I remember a time when there was

no McDonalds in the Northeast Kingdom. Now there are 4.

[Divine Discontent]

7. I agree!

and I will say, if I go there all I ever get anymore is the yogurt fruit parfait or the sandwiches they say are chicken.

[Joanne98]

2. 1 mile if that.

[liberal N proud]

3. 4 miles in any direction

I think the furthest you are from a McD's in the US is 100 miles.

Saw that somewhere.

[armyowalgreens]

5. Half a mile.

[old mark]

6. There are 2 or 3 within a mile radius, probably 6 within 5 miles of my house.

I have eaten at a McDonalds 3 times in the last 10 years, so I don't recall where they all are.

mark

[armyowalgreens]

8. I try to avoid them. I haven't eaten a Mcdonald's lunch or dinner in almost a year.

However, I occasionally eat Sausage McMuffins. I enjoy that bloated/think you might die feeling after finishing up the meal.

[glowing]

14. I ask them to take the meat off and just eat the egg and cheese.. The mystery

meat is too much for my stomach.. But that's only if we are travelling.

[old mark]

20. Their coffee isn't bad - better than the only coffee I have had from Starbucks. nt

[ThomWV]

40. It could easily be argued that McDonald's does not make a "Dinner"

I might buy off on the idea that a quick burger and fries constitutes a lunch, but that's hardly a dinner.

[glowing]

9. Way too close, I've got 3 within 2mi from the house.

But when I lived in VT, I lived 15mins to the closest store, 20mins to the nearest gas station or grocery, and 25mins to a fast food place. The first time I took my hubby up there, he asked, "how do you get your pizza delivered?" I said, "we place the order, tell them that where we live, they have it ready just as we pull up, we put it in the car under a blanket, drive it home, and its delivered." He stood in shock for a long time and still asked more about it later when I was away from my family. I told him living that far away from conveniences of crap food keeps you much healthier.. Normally, mom goes to the store once a week. Mostly, any "junk/ treat" food is gone first, and then anything else not bolted down until its "shopping night".

Now, I live in FL, I have a great meat market across the road from us, I have great choices in produce and organic venues... but I also have Golden Arches screaming at my child everywhere we went. His first 2 word he knew well, McDonald's and Walmart. (he's a step-son; his mom doesn't cook and love Walmart.. killed me because its a method of living I don't prefer.)

[barbtries]

10. much closer than you

there are two within a mile or so

[dipsydoodle]

11. 10 minutes walk max.

Not that I use it other than maybe late at night if I fancy a chocolate milkshake.

[Callalily]

12. I live about one

mile from a McDonald's, but that doesn't really matter. I haven't eaten there, or any fast food place in years.

[d_b]

13. lols from google maps

0.5 mi – about 2 mins

[Lasher]

15. 16.03 miles

http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/rest_locator.html

[no_hypocrisy]

16. Not me particularly, but I found it interesting that the McDonald's corporation decided to

locate a franchise down the block from Dachau, as if one gets a huge appetite after touring a German death camp.

[izzie]

17. about 5 miles but with no car I rarely go.

maybe once a year some one drives me and I get all the salt I need for the year. I enjoy doing it.

[rfranklin]

18. 2.7 miles from my door...haven't been there in years....

With elevated cholestoraland incipient diabetes, discretion is the better part of valor.

[LaydeeBug]

19. there's one at the end of my street (and to give you an idea, my street is on the water and doesn't

have sidewalks. No I am not kidding.

[G_j]

21. Visualizing the Distance to the Nearest McDonalds Restaurants

http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/09/visualizing_the_distance_to_the_nearest_mcdonalds_restaurants.html

"Where The Buffalo Roamed" is a simple but persuading infographic illustrating the distance to the nearest McDonalds in the US.
This project required a lot of data, retrieved by AggData, a seemingly unique company focusing on providing original sets of quality data of all kinds (ranging from theComplete List of Victoria's Secret Locations for $39 to the Complete List of XBox Games for free). The data used for the map consisted of a complete list of about 13,000 geolocated U.S. restaurants.

http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/09/visualizing_the_distance_to_the_nearest_mcdonalds_restaurants.html

[elocs]

22. 1 mile.

On edit: I go there 6 days a week, but do not eat there.

[Pool Hall Ace]

32. Do you go there for the wifi?

[elocs]

44. No, I fill the newspaper rack there with USA Today on M-F. On Sundays I collect the money. n/t

[RebelOne]

23. About 1 mile. It's practically around the corner from my house. n/t

[Mudoria]

24. Maybe a mile and half...

I like the quarter pounder minus the cheese once a month as an indulgence.

[Dorian Gray]

25. About ten blocks.

[Canuckistanian]

26. 7.45 miles

That's 12km to me.

[Jane Austin]

27. Six miles. . . . . . n/t

[joshcryer]

28. 2 blocks at most. Within eye sight from the top of the steps.

There's also a Subway within 3 blocks. And a Popeyes in 4. Wendy's in 5. Burger king in 6 or 7, and a Taco Bell next to it. Woot.

[Zoeisright]

29. 1-1/2 miles.

And I live in a small town.

[DangerousRhythm]

30. Google Maps tells me it's 0.7 miles away.

In real terms that translates to a several block walk of about 10-15 minutes I guess. The reported distance seems a bit more than what I think it is but I guess it's probably accurate. :)

[Cid_B]

31. A quick google/wiki search reveals no McDonalds in Afghanistan...

So its a long ass ways...

[leftynyc]

56. You're in Afghanistan?

Please be careful and keep your head down.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

33. 2 miles.

[Fla_Democrat]

34. 19.4 miles

NT

[justabob]

35. 5 blocks

[Odin2005]

36. 3 blocks.

[bigwillq]

37. A few miles (nt)

[ThomWV]

38. 14 miles to the east, 16 miles to the west, apx. 40 miles to the south

You can not go north from here, and indeed, why would anyone want to?

[peekaloo]

39. There are four of them within a 3 mile radius.

:-(

[Kahuna]

41. There are two within one mile of me. nt

[rasputin1952]

42. 5 blocks...

:scared:

[Aragorn]

43. almost 26 km

About 16 miles. Rural Texas city. Not even a DQ.

[GoCubsGo]

45. About a mile and a half...

I can count the number of times on one hand that I have eaten there in the 22 years I have lived around here. There is another inside the SquallMart less than a half mile down the road. Never ate there, and I no longer patronize WalMart.

Just as bad, they built a Waffle House about three blocks from me last year. It's in a really idiotic place, and its patrons are exacerbating the traffic issues. There is another just two miles around the corner... Needless to say, my city's planners are morons.

[TheCowsCameHome]

46. 8 miles....

but the discarded wrappers and trash are closer.

[Arkansas Granny]

47. It's about 2 miles to a McDonalds. However, it's 2 blocks to Wendy's

and 3 blocks to Burger King from my house. I eat at one or the other about 3-4 times a year and then it's mainly a salad.

[Shrek]

48. I'm inside it

I posted this from my laptop using their complimentary wi-fi connection.

[VOX]

49. 4 blocks, close enough that customers park in front of my house, and throw McD's trash on my lawn...

I have a nice big shade tree in my parkway, and that's apparently an invitation to the McD's customers who want some shade, and modicum of privacy, and who aren't going to be encumbered with their post-prandial McD's refuse in their cars. And I am pissed!

I haven't yet actually spotted a customer tossing the refuse. I just keep coming upon the aftermath -- bags, cups, straws, ketchup-smeared wrappers, etc., just pitched onto my parkway and strewn about.

I'm so tired of this game, I'm seriously considering saving up the garbage for a month, then delivering it all to the local McD's front door -- returned to original owner. :grr:

[leftynyc]

50. From work - about 1-1/2 blocks

From home, I'm guessing about a mile.

[Hepburn]

51. 2 - 3 miles....

...not far, but not too close either. I don't go to Mickey D's ~~ but I think there is a way down the hill from me.

:hi:

[asdjrocky]

52. I live in what most people call the hood.

So I'd have to say you have to travel about 9 blocks. Now if you want a taco truck it's just a few blocks away. Jack in the box, ten blocks and taco bell 8 blocks.

Now if you want to find a good grocery store or a bank then you have some driving to do. Although we do have a nice collection of loan shark fronts (payday loan, check cashing places), liquor stores, and smoke shops.

I'm not a big fan of the guy who said it, but he said it right; there are two Americas. The problem is, most of the one half never gets to see the other half.

[lpbk2713]

53. About four blocks.

Burger King is about three blocks in the other direction but I don't ever go there, just don't like it. Wendy's and Subway are about five blocks. I don't do fast food much but when I do it's either Golden Arches or Wendy's, or the deli from the local Publix.

[HelenWheels]

54. six miles

There might be one closer but since we don't have a bridge over the river at that point it ends up to be much further because you have to double back to get to it. It's funny because we have at least four in town and their prices are all a little different. I know it's sad that I know that.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

55. 15 miles.

[LeftinOH]

57. 8 blocks

[pipi_k]

58. 20.8 miles according to Mapquest

I don't mind that, but I do wish I lived closer to a CVS or Walgreens.

[tilsammans]

59. One mile

But within a five-mile radius, there are four McD's. :wtf:

[baldguy]

60. 3576 feet

The average for the lower 48 states is 145 mi.

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/413-the-mcfarthest-place-145-mi-to-the-nearest-big-mac/

[sinkingfeeling]

61. About a 1/2 mile.

[brendan120678]

62. From Work: 4.7 miles to the nearest one.

From home: 1.1 miles.

[mr blur]

63. Not far enough. (nt)

[LibDemAlways]

64. 2 miles n/t

[slackmaster]

65. About 2.5 miles, and I haven't eaten any McD's food in almost 20 years

I don't miss it.

[JCMach1]

66. less than 1/2 mile and that is in the UAE

[Subdivisions]

68. Hi, JCMach1! What're you doin' over there in the UAE? n/t

[JCMach1]

71. Professor with a University here

[Subdivisions]

67. I used to live 60 miles from a McDonald's. You had to go through a valley between

two mountain ranges, then through a 25-mile long canyon, then another valley between two more mountain ranges.

God, I loved that place!

[Madrone]

69. 32 Miles.

If that one burns down, the next closest one is about 60 miles away.

[Flabbergasted]

70. 2 miles at the most. nt

[Kansas Wyatt]

72. 1 block

And NO, I never never eaten there, nor will I ever. For the last 10 years, eating at McShit is just like taking a laxative.

Oh, I have noticed the advertisements claiming they now have those JUICY 1/3 pound patties. :puke:
So they have gone from a laxative to full COLON BLOW.

[csziggy]

73. About 10 miles

I had to stop and think because although I pass McDonalds restaurants every time I go anywhere, it has to be at least 20 years since I went to one. So I "edit" them out of my awareness.

[Skidmore]

74. So are we...any direction.

[melm00se]

75. physically?

approximately 1 mile.

the likelihood of my going there as an inverse multiplier? several light years

[NoPasaran]

76. About 2.7 miles

But only 1.9 miles to Whataburger

[tishaLA]

77. less than a block

[KansDem]

78. 0.76 miles, according to MapQuest

WOW!!! I can get there in just two minutes! Just Two Minutes away to a Happy Meal!!! :D

The only thing is, I haven't been inside a McDonalds since the mid-1970s! }(

[BlooInBloo]

79. 1 mile at most.

[dysfunctional press]

80. when it's 10:15 and i haven't had my breakfast- not close enough.

[rainbow4321]

111. LOL....going from Chik-Fil-A on a Sunday to McD's at warp speed

at 10:20 when they are a several miles a part is what my daughter did..she had just come back from a month long trip overseas and had FORGOTTEN that Chik-FiL-A is CLOSED on Sundays! Fortunately for her she got a nice McD worker taking her order at 10:40am and she got her breakfast!

[dysfunctional press]

113. on weekends, micky d serves up breakfast until 11am...

at least around here.

[Echo In Light]

81. Close enough that I'll occasionally drop by for a large fries

:smoke:

[Swede]

82. A couple of blocks. I love their coffee.

Beats most restaurants' coffee by a mile.

[Toucano]

83. 192 km.

Haven't seen the inside of a McDonald's in years.

[Kaleva]

98. OP didn't ask for an answer in Nazi distance.

:)

[Toucano]

112. It's in cheese-eating surrender monkey distance, then. LOL!

[azmouse]

84. About one mile

but I haven't eaten at a McDonalds in about 15 years.

[wolfgangmo]

85. 1.2 miles

My wife and I drove past it for 2 years without noticing it until one of our patients pointed it out to us.

Needless to say McD's hasn't gotten money from me in decades, but then again I think their food sucks. I'd rather starve than eat there. And given that there are so many better alternatives ...

[Kalyke]

86. 1/2 a mile to a mile.

There is one at the end of my street and, oh, how I wish it wasn't there. My kids want Happy Meals every time we drive by. Needless to say, I don't go out that way too often. :)

[Retrograde]

87. Haven't a clue

I'm sure there are several within a few miles, but I couldn't tell you where. Nor do I have any inclination to find out. If I want a good hamburger, there's a local place about 5 blocks away that does real ones. Sure, they cost twice as much, but they're more than twice as good.

[CatholicEdHead]

88. Fourteen miles

[blues90]

89. Here's one that will blow your socks off

Where I live there are 5 within 1 mile of eachother and I am in the middle of this toxic waste swill. There were 6 three years ago . 4 are built right where gas stations used stand . One more oddity , in the drive through window (happened to be a captive passenger a few times) each one has a white sigh issued by the state of Calif that reads chemicals known to cause cancer and birth defects are in so many words present.

[CrispyQ]

90. Two blocks & a BK across the street.

When they do whatever it is they do at the end of the night, the stench that fills the air could gag you. I don't know how anyone can eat at a place that puts out smell like that.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

91. One block.

[Arkana]

92. About 10 miles.

[lumberjack_jeff]

93. 21 miles, apparently. n/t

[Sheltiemama]

94. About a mile.

I don't remember the last time I ate there, though.

[flvegan]

95. The Google says 1.1 miles.

[gleaner]

96. A mile or so..

to the south and about two miles to the north. I can gobble down a Big Mac in either direction. ;) Naturally I found this thread around lunch time.

[Kaleva]

97. 45 miles

[Ikonoklast]

99. If I threw a rock, I'd break their front window.

They are adjacent to the fuel stop that I'm parked at this evening; I'll wander over there in the morning for a cup of joe.

As noted above, Mickey D's coffee is miles ahead of the warm brown swill many restaurants will serve and pass it off as actually resembling coffee.

[woofless]

100. About 25 miles.

[gmoney]

101. MAYBE a mile... from two different ones

one to the west, one to the south.

[underpants]

102. 1.1 mile

I know this because I run past the intersection it is near almost everyday

[nolabear]

103. About 7 or 8 miles. I'm in the middle of a city

and there are a bazillion independently owned restaurants within walking distance. It's fabulous. I'm not a fast food fan anyway, but it's great that if I want a burger I can find fifty delicious varieties nearby.

[Feron]

104. ~ 2miles. nt

[TankLV]

105. I don't care HOW close I am to one, I'm not gonna run out & get you a burger & fries...!!!

sorry...

[LWolf]

106. 8 miles. nt

[Cleita]

107. Five miles, I think, in the city adjacent to mine.n/t

[scarletwoman]

108. About 33 miles. I remember going to McDonalds as a kid when they were a whole big new thing.

But I think that was around 50 years ago. I honestly can't remember if I've ever done so since. If I have, it was a very long time ago.

[rainbow4321]

109. Less then a mile.

And it is right next to Arby's and Wendy's. My crazy daughter told me that one day that she went to McD's for their "way better fries", then directly to Wendy's for their chicken, and then swung thru Arby's for a Frosty...and brought all of the stuff home "for her lunch". I got nauseated just by her telling me.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

110. right or left...4 miles to either one... n/t

[krispos42]

114. 1.5 miles, about n/t

[Iggo]

115. Suburban SoCal.

Never more than a mile or two.

[MilesColtrane]

116. What's closer to you:McDonald's, Starbuck's, or Wal Mart?

[LuckyLib]

117. Not far enough.

[Individualist]

118. I can see one from my front door,

1 1/2 blocks away, but can't even remember the last time I went there. I don't like pre-cooked burgers that have been left under a heat lamp for who knows how long.

[DFW]

119. About 3 KM

They're all over Europe now, too