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Old 03-10-2022, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by kkingston57 View Post
When the new square is up and going, feel bad for the merchants. In the new areas there will be less and less young/working age people who live close enough to work at retail/restaurant jobs. In nothern areas there are small cities nearby who can supply manpower for retail/restaurant. Currently most are not running at 100% due to lack of workers who will seriously due to this type of work.

Birth rate in US is going down and it seems to me that Florida is attracting older/retired people
Have you heard of Leesburg, Wildwood, Coleman? Small towns are everywhere.