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Originally Posted by MrLonzo
I predict the next Costco (after this one) will be in Ocala. Then maybe one in Gainesville. With the Walmart super center and Sam's club, Villages North already has lots of shopping. We do need something here south of 466A at some point!!
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The average income in Ocala is far too low compared to the range where Costco opens new locations.
Gainesville already has a Sam's and barely the population to support both, not to mention that the population is very young being a college town, so probably won't happen very soon.
For context, places like Buffalo with 1.1 million metro population are more often the location for new Costco's recently. They just got their first one in the past year. Opening one in Ocala with low income and under 70k people doesn't make much sense.