• Fedizen@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    This is also coincidentally how the math works on big box stores.

    • Big box parking lot/strip mall opens
    • Save $100 on groceries annually
    • Pay $150 extra in taxes and gas to maintain and drive on an additional 10 miles of road
    • Local options shut down, prices go up, and it takes 5 extra minutes to get to box store with increased traffic.
    • Box store eventually closes due to not being in suburb anyway.
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      7 days ago

      More like box store closes to cash in on real estate sale and then opens new location just a few blocks down the road on the outskirts. Rinse and repeat.