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Re:Big Cities No Longer Deliver for Low-Skill Workers by scarface74 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @07:01PM (#18974226)
But once you pass the rising costs to customers, you’re in the bracket of the high end restaurants.
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Re:Big Cities No Longer Deliver for Low-Skill Workers by Mikeb85 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @07:28PM (#18974430)
Yes, you are. And the business owner should know that to exist in a high-cost market, they need to be higher end.
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Re:Big Cities No Longer Deliver for Low-Skill Workers by scarface74 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @08:24PM (#18974811)
Can a fast food chain restaurant exist in such a market?
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Re:Big Cities No Longer Deliver for Low-Skill Workers by Mikeb85 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @10:48PM (#18975522)
Maybe, with high enough turnover. Of course franchise fees kill margins, and you need to sell an awful lot of Big Macs to equal the kind of revenue a 1500 sq. ft. fine dining restaurant can do in a year.

There's far more high end restaurants downtown in my city than there are fast-food franchises.

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Re:Big Cities No Longer Deliver for Low-Skill Workers by leetcrew on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @08:33PM (#18974864)
according to google maps, there are about ten mcdonald's restaurants in SF, so I would argue yes.
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Re:Big Cities No Longer Deliver for Low-Skill Workers by scarface74 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @09:36PM (#18975178)
How can they afford the labor?
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