Thank you for the explanation! I suppose it makes sense: lack of foot traffic and difficult parking would discourage people from going into those fast food restaurants. Plus, with indie pubs and restaurants serving better food, why eat fast food in the first place?
I noticed that ever since my family and I moved to Portland, Oregon, we've eaten much fewer fast food meals. A lot of this is because there's actually a large number of small, indie restaurants that serve great food (and the ability to find 'em through review sites like Eater and apps like Yelp).

Well, there are iceberg harvesters.

Hm - why is that, if I may ask? What's so different about downtown Minneapolis that makes fastfood restaurants so rare there?

I think Uranus and Neptune should be switched!

A pun on Tourette, I believe.

eBooks are great - and you can't beat online lending from your local library (I just found out that I could borrow eBooks and audiobooks from my local library network last year).

How hot does it get in Alaska during the summer?

Absolutely! In many cases, existing forests can recover as long as we prevent wholesale logging through good forest management.

I wonder why older people need less sleep - I feel this in myself: as I get older, I wake up earlier and earlier.

Then picked up by an online publication out of Oregon. Ladies and gents, behold the Interwebs!