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Re:Nearly six in 10 US young adults live within 10 miles of ... by beenBoutIT on Thursday December 08, 2022 @06:28PM (#33915275)
The US doesn't keep local businesses the way Europe does. Corporations with local branches is about as close as we get. A small rural CVS next to a small rural Texaco next to a small rural Dennys is a rural town economy.
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Re:Nearly six in 10 US young adults live within 10 miles of ... by theGnuMe on Thursday December 08, 2022 @08:09PM (#33916090)
Dollar Store not CVS. Dennys will be locally owned and not a Dennys diner. Might be the town bar though. May not be a Texaco, that will depend on where you live. There are some rural chain gas stations like Caseys though (great pizza). Your gas station might sell bait too. Maybe.
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Re:Nearly six in 10 US young adults live within 10 miles of ... by dumpsterlid on Friday December 09, 2022 @08:46AM (#33921142)
The Dollar General is basically a pickup with a machine gun in the back going from town to town obliterating local businesses, it is awful
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