Cities Where People Go Out to Eat All the Time

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50. Butte-Silver Bow, MT
> Restaurants per 100,000 residents: 112.8 (top 10%)
> Annual restaurant sales per capita: $1,037 (top 10%)
> Full-service to fast-food restaurant ratio: 1.1:1
> Population: 34,560

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49. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
> Restaurants per 100,000 residents: 122.0 (top 10%)
> Annual restaurant sales per capita: $960 (top 10%)
> Full-service to fast-food restaurant ratio: 1.5:1 (top 25%)
> Population: 278,680

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48. Santa Fe, NM
> Restaurants per 100,000 residents: 107.2 (top 10%)
> Annual restaurant sales per capita: $1,102 (top 10%)
> Full-service to fast-food restaurant ratio: 1.4:1 (top 25%)
> Population: 147,320

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47. Carson City, NV
> Restaurants per 100,000 residents: 115.8 (top 10%)
> Annual restaurant sales per capita: $1,033 (top 10%)
> Full-service to fast-food restaurant ratio: 1.1:1
> Population: 54,412

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46. Glens Falls, NY
> Restaurants per 100,000 residents: 146.0 (top 10%)
> Annual restaurant sales per capita: $773 (top 25%)
> Full-service to fast-food restaurant ratio: 1.9:1 (top 10%)
> Population: 127,376