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Re:Independent Music Is Big by vinceguidry on Sunday November 22, 2015 @01:16PM (#10610844)
We don't do this because competition doesn't work that way in the restaurant industry. Location in most cases trumps content. When I look to eat out, I choose amongst the restaurants close to me. Occasionally there's a restaurant I might drive more than ten miles to eat at. But it would be foolish for any restaurant to specifically cater to the long tail when 90% the money is in a 5 mile radius.
Re:Independent Music Is Big by guard-of-terra on Monday November 23, 2015 @12:26AM (#10613008)
Believe it or not, people actually travel half the world to experience genuine eating out. Example: Argentinean steaks.

Anyway, you can fit a lot of diverse restaurants into 5 miles radius. The mainstream music selection is much narrower.