And, lest we idealize France too much, let’s remember that McDonald’s does HUGE business there. It’s one of the countries where Mickey D’s rakes in the most money.
Try Milan, Italy sometime. Jesus Christ on a stick, the number of McDonalds there is ridiculous. A pair of them welcome you from the train station and they never stop. I joked about it because I liked the fact that they had open bathrooms and I don’t think you could be more than a few blocks from one in the city itself.