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Re:You'd Be Happier Living Closer to Friends. Why Don't You? by theshrike79 on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @12:11PM (#35615935)
It's the idiotic American zoning laws. If an are is zoned for single family homes, you can't even put up a 7-11 in there. Even though it'd have booming business 24/7 just from people grabbing stuff ad-hoc that they forgot during their grocery run...

Instead people have to get into their 7-11 -sized trucks and drive to a store with a parking lot that's larger than many European neighbourhoods.

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Re:You'd Be Happier Living Closer to Friends. Why Don't You? by prmoustache on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @01:13PM (#35616842)
How do mexicans survive in the USA without a Costco and a taco vendor every half a mile?
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