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   From: bap@shrdlu.com   
      
   On 17/01/14 08:33, Chrysi Cat wrote:   
    >> That's certainly true now. With a pod system in place that local store   
   >> probably won't be there, there wouldn't be enough trade to justify it.   
   >>   
   >> As to cost, the closest we have ti it right now is the postal system. So   
   >> my best guess is that a pod delivery will probably cost about the same   
   >> as posting a letter. Having all of your weekly groceries delivered in   
   >> one shipment might cost twice that.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > Question. If local retail (with the possible exception of restaurants)   
   > is gone, what exactly do you expect to fill the space? A lot of those   
   > places, even with all the commercial space gone, wouldn't work well for   
   > residences--they might even be in the floodplain! Even if it isn't, most   
   > areas have as much residential development now as there'd ever be demand   
   > for from people who want to live there.   
      
   Parkland seems the most likely.   
      
      
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