To drive this 12-year-old joke into the ground, we calculated the density of all 1,543 IHOP locations (as of this February) and 1,661 Waffle House locations (as of last December) across the United States. The map at the top compares these densities, showing who in America is eating cheap waffles for breakfast, and who’s eating cheap pancakes.
There is a pretty ridiculous North-South split, although Maryland, northern Virginia, and southern Florida (which is pretty much the North anyways) fall into pancake territory, while Waffle House has made inroads into Ohio and Indiana. For the record, the Atlanta-based Waffle House costs less and tastes better than California’s IHOP. Also, waffles are better than pancakes. Point is, I’m jealous.
Below are maps of all the IHOP and Waffle House locations. Given that these two chains have roughly the same number of franchises, Waffle House’s density in the South is pretty astounding.* Greater Atlanta looks like it has a Waffle House every 20 feet, plus 50 IHOPs or so. Greater Atlanta is where it’s at.
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Totally inaccurate. There are only TWO Waffle Houses in West Virginia, but there are several IHOPs.
Still you got at least one I live in Georgia and they are all over the place