[idinnoaname]

Am I the only one that associates waffle houses with the most decrepit corners of a city? Specifically the areas where major interstates intersect, and prostitution, drug use, and homelessness peak?

I'm sure there are some nicer waffle houses down south, or away from the city. ..But that is unfortunately what I personally associate waffle houses with. Please tell me it's not this way across the US.

[PopAlongKid]

> Please tell me it's not this way across the US.

Waffle Houses are located primarily in the south-east U.S., none on the west coast or upper Midwest or plains states for example.[0] Although I was surprised to see some in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

[0]https://locations.wafflehouse.com/

[listenallyall]

Nothing personal, but if you were surprised to see Waffle House in PA or OH, that simply means you don't know much about PA or OH.

[RhysU]

Grew up in PA. Went to undergrad at Penn State. Left PA in 2003. Half my family lives there. I visit multiple times a year.

I am sometimes surprised to see Waffle Houses in PA these days. Like, huh, when did that happen?

[listenallyall]

Your surprise is of an entirely different nature. You're very familiar with the area, you know the Waffle House wasn't there all that long ago. "PopAlongKid"'s surprise arises from a total lack of familiarity. He looked at a map and thought to himself that Pennsylvania doesn't "fit the profile" of a Waffle House area.

[PopAlongKid]

I am somewhat familiar with Ohio; I have relatives living there, one of my parents is from there, and I have driven across Ohio border to border several times already this century, and I grew up just one state over from Ohio. My surprise was not from lack of familiarity, it was because Waffle House is clearly based in the Southeast, not the Great Lakes and upper Appalachia region.

[listenallyall]

Sorry, not buying it. If you were genuinely surprised solely by the geographical diversity, you would have also mentioned Texas or Arizona or Colorado. But you didn't.