I'd rather starve than eat in an American franchise restaurant. I'm not a world traveler, but it's sickening to think of traveling in Italy or France and seeing their culture defaced with a McDonalds or any other American franchise. Our most disgusting export, American fast food. Starbucks dots our town like the offerings of a wandering dog, but the local cafes are thanking holding their own and then some. Just like Walmart, US taxpayers subsidize the payroll of fast food chains who employ millions at abysmal pay through our poverty programs. These outfits frown on fulltime work with benefits, instead they keep people at the poverty level with minimal hours and low pay.