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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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.
[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 points 6 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.