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Old 10-07-2017, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Wing-nut2 View Post
Florida is a peninsula. That means everything must be brought into the state by truck, boat or by train. That costs more money.

The cost is past on to the buyer. It's a little like living on an island. We don't grow much in Florida. We do have cattle and sugar cane. We don't manufacture much here. We once had oranges but that's not what it once was. Floridas big thing is tourists and retirees. If the prices are aimed at The Villages only, then I think that might be because of what The Villages charges any store on its property to do business. Again, that gets passed on.
Say what?!

So how are goods brought into states...that are not a 'peninsula?'