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Are Banks and Pharmacies the only thing being built?!?

tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
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I've noticed a trend over the last 5 years or so that pharmacies are popping up one a block. There's two to three banks I've never heard of popping up all around or changing names.

It used to be a challenge to find a bank. Now they're everywhere...

Is this the only moneymakers in society now? Banks and pharmaceuticals?

Loan sharks and drugs?

Spend your money and when you're depressed that you're broke you get prescribed a pill for that?!?

Has anyone written a good article(s) on why this is happening?

Thoughts?
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  • rr165892rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Don't forget Oil change places and Dunkin Donuts.
  • dudemandudeman Posts: 3,061
    Or Dollar General stores.
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  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    I noticed this trend in the past few years when I go into NYC. It used to be that bookstores were on almost every block; now it is banks. I'd rather have bookstores.
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    Whenever I travel I count the banks and drug stores now.

    In NYC there is a Duane read every other block.

    One place I used to live there were 2 pharmacies and four banks. Now there's 8 pharmacies and 20 banks...
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    Well, pharmacies aren't really pharmacies anymore; they're pharmacies/"grocery" stores (mostly packaged foods)/electronics stores and sometimes clothing stores. No wonder they're expanding, as retail outlets homogenize and try to be all things to all people.
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  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Posts: 10,767
    Add coffee shops to the equation.

    Was in Manhattan in July and couldn't help but notice the proliferation of Starbucks everywhere.
    Did a Google search and I think there are like 280 Starbucks just on the island of Manhattan.
  • Who PrincessWho Princess Posts: 7,305
    Where I live it's freestanding ERs. Although mainly in affluent neighborhoods.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Where I live, not so much on the brick-and-mortar side, but in the bombardment of commercials for banks (and "quick" loans) plus even more for all sorts of pills - the latter accompanied by provisos which have made me vow to keep away from that shit unless my life depends on it.

    (and even then)
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,440
    We've had a shit ton of bail bond places pop up over the past 2-3 years. Like, we never had a single one until then. Now there's about a dozen of the damn things.

    Fucking prison. Yeah it brought jobs to the area, but it brought families of prisoners, too. Heroin & oxy are all the rage. Stabbings & shootings happen almost monthly now. Ten years ago the big crime was stealing car stereos, now people are getting knifed for no reason.
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    HesCalledDyer said:

    We've had a shit ton of bail bond places pop up over the past 2-3 years. Like, we never had a single one until then. Now there's about a dozen of the damn things.

    Fucking prison. Yeah it brought jobs to the area, but it brought families of prisoners, too. Heroin & oxy are all the rage. Stabbings & shootings happen almost monthly now. Ten years ago the big crime was stealing car stereos, now people are getting knifed for no reason.

    Dyer do you live in Cumberland, MD?
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    Who Princess said:

    Where I live it's freestanding ERs. Although mainly in affluent neighborhoods.

    They just build random hospitals? Mobile ER's?
  • Who PrincessWho Princess Posts: 7,305
    tempo_n_groove said:

    Who Princess said:

    Where I live it's freestanding ERs. Although mainly in affluent neighborhoods.

    They just build random hospitals? Mobile ER's?
    They aren't hospitals and don't seem to be associated with any. They are bricks and mortar clinics that supposedly offer all the services of an ER. They are popping up like crazy in certain areas.

    Lots of news coverage of them. Apparently health insurance doesn't always cover the care received at one and they can be very pricey.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    Who Princess said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    Who Princess said:

    Where I live it's freestanding ERs. Although mainly in affluent neighborhoods.

    They just build random hospitals? Mobile ER's?
    They aren't hospitals and don't seem to be associated with any. They are bricks and mortar clinics that supposedly offer all the services of an ER. They are popping up like crazy in certain areas.

    Lots of news coverage of them. Apparently health insurance doesn't always cover the care received at one and they can be very pricey.
    How odd. To me, "all the services of an ER" includes being attached to a hospital so you can access the staff, specialists, equipment, ORs, etc. of that hospital. I suppose they transport if someone is seriously ill.
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  • Who PrincessWho Princess Posts: 7,305
    I think it's weird too. The fact that it isn't attached to a hospital is probably why insurance doesn't want to pay for it.

    I think the gimmick (and I consider it more of a gimmick than a service) is to convince people that they won't have to travel far and they'll save time.

    They are on busy intersections in nicer neighborhoods. Definitely not my part of town. :lol:
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Now that you mention it, I have seen a couple of fairly-new urgent care centers in the heart of West Hollywood.
  • dignindignin Posts: 9,336
    Around here it's pay day loan and liquor stores.....usually side by side.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,038
    SD48277 said:

    I noticed this trend in the past few years when I go into NYC. It used to be that bookstores were on almost every block; now it is banks. I'd rather have bookstores.

    Couldn't agree more! And not just because I'm in the book business but because I've always loved bookstores ever since I bought my own first book while in elementary school from a bookmobile. There are so many great Bay Area bookstores I used to wander into that are gone now- Cody's, Chimera, Sunset Books, Wessex, Books 'n Bears, Ames and on and on. We're very fortunate to still be doing it.
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    Who Princess said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    Who Princess said:

    Where I live it's freestanding ERs. Although mainly in affluent neighborhoods.

    They just build random hospitals? Mobile ER's?
    They aren't hospitals and don't seem to be associated with any. They are bricks and mortar clinics that supposedly offer all the services of an ER. They are popping up like crazy in certain areas.

    Lots of news coverage of them. Apparently health insurance doesn't always cover the care received at one and they can be very pricey.
    I went through that in Oklahoma while working on a job there. My company had very good insurance but this little bullshit ER didn't take that insurance. I ended up paying out of pocket quite a bit.
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,954
    edited October 2015
    Interesting... i am happy to say that I haven't noticed this up where I am. I'm trying to think of what has been cropping up a lot suddenly... and I believe the answer is marijuana stores, lol. Apparently something like 100 of them have opened up in Vancouver over the past 3 years. And right behind them are probably all the weed accessory and vaporizer stores to compliment all the new pot shops.
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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    PJ_Soul said:

    Interesting... i am happy to say that I haven't noticed this up where I am. I'm trying to think of what has been cropping up a lot suddenly... and I believe the answer is marijuana stores, lol. Apparently something like 100 of them have opened up in Vancouver over the past 3 years. And right behind them are probably all the weed accessory and vaporizer stores to compliment all the new pot shops.

    Yes! I was in Vancouver three weeks ago, after not having been there for a few months, and the increase in "dispensaries" was staggering. It does come close to one in every block downtown.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Posts: 10,767
    I live in colorado so we have lots of craft breweries and marijuana dispensaries popping up everywhere.

  • FoxyRedLaFoxyRedLa Posts: 4,810
    I concur with pharmacies and dollar general type stores. There's a CVS going up in a town over. My little city has 3 type of dollar stores and 4 banks. We have 2 pharmacies.
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  • EnkiduEnkidu Posts: 2,996
    There seems to be a new CVS going up all the time - we have 2 in our neighborhood, across the street from each other. And it's funny, because both pharmacies used to be good, and now they're terrible.
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,440
    tempo_n_groove said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    We've had a shit ton of bail bond places pop up over the past 2-3 years. Like, we never had a single one until then. Now there's about a dozen of the damn things.

    Fucking prison. Yeah it brought jobs to the area, but it brought families of prisoners, too. Heroin & oxy are all the rage. Stabbings & shootings happen almost monthly now. Ten years ago the big crime was stealing car stereos, now people are getting knifed for no reason.

    Dyer do you live in Cumberland, MD?
    You got it! Quite the metropolis here!
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    HesCalledDyer said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    We've had a shit ton of bail bond places pop up over the past 2-3 years. Like, we never had a single one until then. Now there's about a dozen of the damn things.

    Fucking prison. Yeah it brought jobs to the area, but it brought families of prisoners, too. Heroin & oxy are all the rage. Stabbings & shootings happen almost monthly now. Ten years ago the big crime was stealing car stereos, now people are getting knifed for no reason.

    Dyer do you live in Cumberland, MD?
    You got it! Quite the metropolis here!
    I built one of your prisons there. Circa 2001-2002. I built them for 15 years and know what good and bad comes with that...
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,954
    tempo_n_groove said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    We've had a shit ton of bail bond places pop up over the past 2-3 years. Like, we never had a single one until then. Now there's about a dozen of the damn things.

    Fucking prison. Yeah it brought jobs to the area, but it brought families of prisoners, too. Heroin & oxy are all the rage. Stabbings & shootings happen almost monthly now. Ten years ago the big crime was stealing car stereos, now people are getting knifed for no reason.

    Dyer do you live in Cumberland, MD?
    You got it! Quite the metropolis here!
    I built one of your prisons there. Circa 2001-2002. I built them for 15 years and know what good and bad comes with that...
    Sooo...... you're the one to talk to when it comes to prison breaks? Wondering for just in case. ;)
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    PJ_Soul said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    We've had a shit ton of bail bond places pop up over the past 2-3 years. Like, we never had a single one until then. Now there's about a dozen of the damn things.

    Fucking prison. Yeah it brought jobs to the area, but it brought families of prisoners, too. Heroin & oxy are all the rage. Stabbings & shootings happen almost monthly now. Ten years ago the big crime was stealing car stereos, now people are getting knifed for no reason.

    Dyer do you live in Cumberland, MD?
    You got it! Quite the metropolis here!
    I built one of your prisons there. Circa 2001-2002. I built them for 15 years and know what good and bad comes with that...
    Sooo...... you're the one to talk to when it comes to prison breaks? Wondering for just in case. ;)
    HAHAHA! I would get asked that all the time and my reply was "the front gate". Only way out!
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,440
    tempo_n_groove said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    We've had a shit ton of bail bond places pop up over the past 2-3 years. Like, we never had a single one until then. Now there's about a dozen of the damn things.

    Fucking prison. Yeah it brought jobs to the area, but it brought families of prisoners, too. Heroin & oxy are all the rage. Stabbings & shootings happen almost monthly now. Ten years ago the big crime was stealing car stereos, now people are getting knifed for no reason.

    Dyer do you live in Cumberland, MD?
    You got it! Quite the metropolis here!
    I built one of your prisons there. Circa 2001-2002. I built them for 15 years and know what good and bad comes with that...
    Wow, small world!! That would be the one; opened in '03.
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    HesCalledDyer said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    We've had a shit ton of bail bond places pop up over the past 2-3 years. Like, we never had a single one until then. Now there's about a dozen of the damn things.

    Fucking prison. Yeah it brought jobs to the area, but it brought families of prisoners, too. Heroin & oxy are all the rage. Stabbings & shootings happen almost monthly now. Ten years ago the big crime was stealing car stereos, now people are getting knifed for no reason.

    Dyer do you live in Cumberland, MD?
    You got it! Quite the metropolis here!
    I built one of your prisons there. Circa 2001-2002. I built them for 15 years and know what good and bad comes with that...
    Wow, small world!! That would be the one; opened in '03.
    Yep. That's me.

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  • ldent42ldent42 Posts: 7,859
    I think it's because they are the only ones who can afford the damn rent anymore. Banks usually own the building, I have no explanation for the pharmacies. In my neighborhood, on one corner 3 shops (bodega, dunkin, & something else) burnt up & a CVS eventually replaced it. On the opposite corner, a TD Bank kicked out a doctor's office, an eye glass store, a bodega, and something else I don't remember.
    For a while, there were two pharmacies next door to each other. Then rite aid bought eckards and there were two rite aids next door to each other! Eventually they knocked the wall down and became one door.

    Recently, a bank closed a few blocks away. And the movie theater next door couldn't get it's least renewed. The owner wants to build condos. :-( but the pub next door has a lease for like 2 more years. They've been closed for months since a mysterious kitchen fire (in which no one was injured) destroyed the back. The situation with rent and commercial spaces in ny is insane.
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