HashtagSEP posted...
It's where the consistency of chains comes in
Say you think a certain chain is 7/10 on average. They're rarely going to stray far from that 7/10 range, for better or worse. But you could try five local joints and get a 9/10, a 7/10, two 5/10s, and a 3/10. That consistency isn't there. Now, obviously, if you stick to places people recommend to you and such, you have a much better chance of those places being above a 7/10. But if you just start going to every local joint, you have a decent chance of running into some sub-7/10s as well.
Right. Say I move to a new town. I know what my favorite national chain burger is. I think they deliver an 8/10 burger. I have two options: Keep eating what I know to be an 8/10 burger (that I also know I can get when I'm traveling or when I move again) OR try every local burger place in succession until I find one that delivers a 9 or 10 burger, but the process will also require me to eat a lot of 6 and 7 burgers - and oh by the way, even if I do find that 9 or 10, I won't be able to get it anywhere else.
Also, chains on average are a lot cheaper than local places. And you can't just say "it's because they are lower quality" because chains are often usually cheaper than even the BAD local places, too.