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[–] journalistsarelazy 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I was curious.

There's 86 Subways in the Netherlands. 1,402 in the UK and only 23,750 in the US.

http://chartsbin.com/view/e4b

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[–] CriticalMass 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I thought there would be more in the US, simply because I drive a lot and they seem to be literally everywhere. Especially at truck stops.

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[–] Unsung_Heroes 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I read an article, think it was last year, claiming there were more subways than starbucks and mcdonalds combined in the continental US. To be fair the people I've talked to said it's really cheap to start a subway franchise compared to the other fastfood peddlers of beetus.

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[–] journalistsarelazy 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

That resource I posted says there's: 14,267 McDonalds (http://chartsbin.com/view/30904) and 11,962 Starbucks (http://chartsbin.com/view/30908) so a total of 26,229. But, yeah, subway at 23,750 is still a staggering number. Most I speak to seem to talk disparagingly about them, yet still go there regularly. I'd also heard its a cheap franchise but also a fairly straightforward one (in terms of the product line up).

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[–] stegg001 [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Yeah most of them are in the west the so called randstad it means Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague etc. probably Amsterdam and Rotterdam combined have like 30 of them