Hortons here are who?

Excuse the indulgence in the title (not a bad pun eh?).
It occurs to me that the Tim Hortons donut shops here (a smallish town) are set up for seating in a more congenial fashion than most. The design lends itself to sitting in groups and gabbing (did I just use that word?), which residents here do quite a bit.
This habit seems to be centred in the not-so-well-off group, who have3 less money for entertainment, and thus end up at Timmy's with a drink and donut and a talk.
Perhaps there is a business window here in smaller towns? The locations I have seen evidently have a great deal of traffic; probably more than larger cities.