Does Dover Run on Dunkin?

I was surprised to walk through Dover center the other day and see a large banner across the Springdale Crossing building that says "Dunkin Donuts Coming Soon".  Dover is a small rural town and up to this point has resisted all commercialization.  There is a little coffee shop transformed from what used to be an old fashioned pharmacy with a soda fountain. There is a little grocery market, a Mobil gas station, a bank, credit union and a real estate office.  That has been the center of town for the past almost 30 years since we moved to Dover.  Now getting a chain franchise of Dunkin Donuts will surely change the center of the town and bring more traffic to our morning commute.  Is this a good or bad thing?  I am mixed as there is no good place to buy coffee in Dover Center and I often do drive to nearby Medfield, Westwood, Wellesley or Needham to get my fix.  My first preference though would have been a Starbucks.  It will be interesting to see the impact of DD on our traffic flow and I am curious to learn what others feel about having a Dunkin Donuts nearby.

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