I suppose one great benefit in having many small independent specialty and convenience stores is that the money always stays in the city/country. As development progresses and cities expand making room for bigger retail department stores and chain stores more land is required so the independent business owner is evicted or goes bankrupt because the larger shops take the business away. With these large department stores and chain stores profits are not always staying in the city/country, it leaves going to support some rich millionaire in another country.

This is why I always buy my tuna sanwiches from the guy across the street, instead of the Starbucks down the block.
» Someones_Muse on 2007-06-24 12:01:08

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