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Originally Posted by asianthree
Residents in the south are younger, savvy to online ordering for multitude of needs. Amazon and Krogers trucks are abundant here, why waste time at grocery when it comes to your door. My bananas just arrived, half ripe, as I specified, and very frozen Tilamook malted milk ice cream (nobody carries it in TV) Arrives at the time I choose, why waste my time and gas.
Plus many travel out of TV to eat dinner at great restaurants that just don’t exist here. Up north we would drive an hour for great restaurants, here 10 miles to great food is a bonus
Just had furniture delivered, unboxed and set up, about half of cost for the same at the furniture stores in TV.
No worries about the south, they would rather be doing fun stuff, gathering with neighbors, golfing groups, card games, happy hour and the pool, and driveway parties, than walking in a brick and mortar shop.
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Yes, pretty good assessment of the demographics south of 44 - I just completely furnished my new home, buying all furniture sight unseen online - love it! This is something my parents and their generation would not probably feel comfortable doing (heck, I even bought my house here sight unseen).
I remember my grandparents would go to the mall as an outing, they loved to window shop. My generation and those coming up behind me would rather spend our time with people and doing things rather than shopping. I guess it’s good that those up north have their many shopping options close by, and I’m happy for them. It’s just not something myself and many of my neighbors really miss or need.