I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers (2013)

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The narrator works at Harry's All-Night Hamburgers in Sutton, West Virginia, a remote diner that becomes a hub for interdimensional travelers due to its location being a stable point across parallel worlds.
He encounters bizarre customers, including a heavily bundled man and three topless women, and learns from them about infinite parallel universes where every possible event occurs, and travelers can never return to their exact home world.
Inspired by travelers' stories of wonders, the narrator considers leaving with a traveler named Sid, but another traveler, Joe, convinces him to explore Earth's own marvels first, emphasizing he can always return to Harry's for an interdimensional ride later.
The narrator leaves his job and West Virginia with Joe, who drives him to Pittsburgh, starting his journey to see real-world wonders like New York, Machu Picchu, and space shuttle launches, while realizing the value of being able to return home.

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