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Market for lemons, or the old saying about bad money always pushes out the good money.

For another example see touch-screen automotive UIs, universally hated by everyone except the bean counters, so we're stuck with them forever.

Also WRT the BK next door, its probably 5 minutes away by car or 30 minutes away on foot, which explains the corporate push toward "Walkable cities" and so forth. At my last onsite office job, there was a deli on the first floor and we were essentially captive customers; in theory there were plenty of places to walk within a half hour walk, but in practice its raining and 40 degrees so we were forced to shop at the company store, so to speak.



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