Schools in different states-what chain business are you missing?

College Life
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<p>When i lived in the southern area, I would see SONIC one block away from each other. In a city i lived in (it wasnt that big) i saw 4 sonics... (Sonic btw is a drivein fastfood place) There was 2 mcdonalds and one tacobell in the area so...</p>

<p>I moved to cali and I'm starting to miss them.. i miss my strawberry smoothies (cough) etc. (Wait i do think they have one around here... only 24 miles away. =_= gas is going to cost more.)</p>

<p>Also Braums, which is a chain business only pretty much in Oklahoma and Texas (and some other southern states) had awesome icecream/dairy stuff/burgers/ etc... it's also not in california of course. sniff.</p>

<p>Also I think Target is more common here than WalMart. (correct me if i'm wrong) </p>

<p>So for anybody who moved to different states... What chain businesses are you missing? (fastfood, clothes, supermarkets, etc)</p>

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<p>None, you see one generic chain store you've seen'em all. I don't even miss the independent mom and pop type operations either to be honest. The only thing I miss is my barber who I had been going to for nine years. Old Italian man, always had a Sports Illustrated ready for me to read, knew how to cut my hair just right and when I started growing facial hair gave me the closest shaves ever. It's hard to find a good barber after establishing such a close relationship with this one.</p>

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<p>But in CA you have In-n-0ut Burger - That makes up for anything else!</p>

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<p>I miss Target...and Panera.</p>

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<p>Well i will miss my CPK if they don't have it in Boston, because it's pretty much the best restaurant on the planet.</p>

<p>but in boston there are dunkin donuts and friendlys everywhere, and that's a plus since we don't have those here.</p>

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<p>I've been missing Sheetz, Wawa, and Turkey Hill (local to Lancaster County, Pa) ever since I moved away 6 years ago. At least I had a Sheetz fairly close to me the past few years, but now I'm probably 500+ miles away from one. :(</p>

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<p>they have CPK in boston, definitely. i've been there like 8 times.</p>

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<p>I miss Chipotle terribly -- no Chipotle in Boston yet. When I go home I eat burritos for several days straight.</p>

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<p>I'm going out-of-state...by 2 and 1/2 hours (from East Texas to Northern Louisiana).</p>

<p>But I'm going to sorely miss Taco Bueno (I love Taco Bell, but it has nothing on Taco Bueno) and I really wish Louisiana had Freebirds (started in College Station and only in Texas so far...to my knowledge). I'll also miss Fazoli's (a really good fast-food Italian place) and Olive Garden.</p>

<p>Ruston has a Raising Caine's and a couple really good Cajun places, but the only thing even remotely resembling Tex-Mex is Taco Bell. Their sit-down Mexican restaurants are absolute trash (everything is sweet tasting)...La Finca in my little town of 5,000 is gourmet in comparison...seriously. Even their Monjunis (a little Italian sit-down restaurant) isn't very good. Their marinara is sweet like the bad Mexican food. Ugh.</p>

<p>You wouldn't think 2 and 1/2 hours would make THAT much of a difference, but it really does in my case.</p>

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<p>None, seeing as I'm from MI and go to school in OH</p>

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<p>When i go back home to new york i miss north carolina's bojangles... when i come back down here i miss wegmans (grocery store)... ugh.</p>

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<p>oh thank GOD i need my CPK kids mac and cheese! amazing!</p>

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<p>PA Mom, I like where your head's at! I was thinking the same thing.</p>

<p>Actually moving to Nebraska had the opposite effect for me, as there are several regional chains that almost exclusively in Nebraska:</p>

<p>Like have you ever had a Runza? <a href="http://www.runza.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.runza.com&lt;/a>
Or been to Valentino's "Grand Italian Buffet"? <a href="http://www.valentinos.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.valentinos.com&lt;/a>
Both are Nebraska originals, and many Nebraska Alumni Association meetings across the country actually have food from these restaurants shipped to them so that alumni can enjoy a taste of "home".</p>

<p>The one thing that I really did miss though is Kansas City Barbeque. But that's a pretty common lament...and while some regions have fairly decent BBQ (Texas, the Carolinas, Memphis) it's just not as good as Kansas City. I couldn't believe how many people raved about Famous Dave's BBQ up here...which is entirely subpar in my opinion.</p>

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<p>Dave's BBQ is nothing to brag about...neither is Bodacious BBQ. </p>

<p>The best BBQ places in Texas are the little backwoodsy ones you only hear about through word of mouth...and the one outside of Dallas that the Food Network has featured a couple times.</p>

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<p>upstater --</p>

<p>Wegmans has made it to Virginia. HT might be the closest equivalent.</p>

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<p>When my sister went to school in Seattle she said she missed Caribou Coffee. I dont think Caribou has penetrated the Starbucks-Seattle's Best-Tully's stronghold on the city.</p>

<p>I LOVE CARIBOU!!!</p>

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<p>When I go out of state I will dearly miss the Princess Diner and next door Double Scoop icecream parlor :(. Many a night my friends and I have gone out for icecream and then a midnight dinner, even though I got pancakes 'cause they serve breakfast all day.</p>

<p>So many good times. Aw, I'm getting sad just thinking about it!</p>

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<p>Haha. I'd say InNOut too, but the closest one to USC is in Hollywood, far far away. Or Westwood, which is even further. </p>

<p>But you'll have Original Tommy's down the street (if you're daring enough to leave campus- I wouldn't blame you if you weren't)! Not as good as InNOut, but still very good. And WAY, WAY better than Sonic. Really. I promise.</p>

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<p>I DONT miss having a Starbucks on every block</p>

<p>sometimes its nice to be in the middle of nowhere</p>

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<p>Ok seriously there are chain businesses that i didn't know weren't all over the country... like Fazolis. =_= i thought that was everywhere... and olive garden too.</p>

<p>I think most of us don't realize what we are missing exactly yet... this makes me sad</p>