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What kind of businesses are over saturated and way too numerous in your area?
In the NYC metro, we have too many Pizzerias everywhere especially in Manhattan. Its just dough with cheese, and tomatoes. I guess it is cheap but there is still point where too many are serving. There is one pizzeria every block, and another across the street sometimes. Its ridiculous.
There is also too many bodegas/corner shops, or convenience stores. There is too much overlap in product placement with supermarkets, and pharmacies. The shops I am talking about only offer more craft beer selection, and gambling in the form of the Lotto. There is one everywhere.
Chinese takeout is another one. They are everywhere. They all sell the same cheap junk food.
I dont know who these businesses are able to survive. Something fishy must be happening behind the scenes.
What kind of businesses are over saturated and way too numerous in your area?
In the NYC metro, we have too many Pizzerias everywhere especially in Manhattan. Its just dough with cheese, and tomatoes. I guess it is cheap but there is still point where too many are serving. There is one pizzeria every block, and another across the street sometimes. Its ridiculous.
There is also too many bodegas/corner shops, or convenience stores. There is too much overlap in product placement with supermarkets, and pharmacies. The shops I am talking about only offer more craft beer selection, and gambling in the form of the Lotto. There is one everywhere.
Chinese takeout is another one. They are everywhere. They all sell the same cheap junk food.
I dont know who these businesses are able to survive. Something fishy must be happening behind the scenes.
Yeah in Jersey its pretty annoying when three of the restaurants on the corner all serve Pizza and 2 of them are garbage.
Yeah, bodegas in SF too (or just corner-store markets I guess). I don't get the appeal. You're getting the same Dove dish soap and Coke that Walgreens down the block has, except Walgreens is open at night and has a pharmacy.
Chinese food is very abundant here too. Not surprising considering 1/3 of the city is Chinese, but it'd be cool if more of the restaurants had specific angles, like Chinese bakeries or less common regions of China (Yunnanese, Northeast Chinese, Xinjiang). There is at least a dumpling place in the Richmond I've been meaning to check out.
dentist ,I get a lot of flyers of dentist office opening in my area ,I dont see how they can all survive?
We see less nail salon now.
Then there used to be many 99 cents or dollar stores.
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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Dunkin Donuts in every corner of New England. They are beyond prolific in this region serving low quality breakfast items and coffee as dull as dishwater. They are the pinnacle of mediocrity, but they just love it in the New England states. I never picked up on the appeal.
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Dunkin Donuts in every corner of New England. They are beyond prolific in this region serving low quality breakfast items and coffee as dull as dishwater. They are the pinnacle of mediocrity, but they just love it in the New England states. I never picked up on the appeal.
I mean, tbf, alot of these local coffee spots are pretty terrible too. Especially serving $6-10+ drinks. Il take a $4 Large Iced Espresso.
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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I mean, tbf, alot of these local coffee spots are pretty terrible too. Especially serving $6-10+ drinks. Il take a $4 Large Iced Espresso.
Also, NJ, NY, PA and FL too.
Ehh... I'd be happy if Wawa expanded up this way. They have better coffee and breakfast sandwiches than Dunkin. Not to say it's fabulous or the best, but it's a step up from Dunkin, even if it's a glorified gas station. It's funny when I mention this to a lot of New Englanders. They get up in arms and defensive about Dunkin.
Also when travelling around rural parts of the US, I often see the only option for anything to eat is Subway. I find that to be depressing. One small town after another, Dollar Generals and Subways.
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