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TIL: USA has 10 times more retail space per capita compared to Germany
(philip.greenspun.com)
Lol I think it's the parking (aka subsidies for motor vehicle users) that really sends it away. Not only are big box stores bigger than your average European store but in North America the space allocated to parking often is several times greater than the footprint of the building.
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