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Blue_true

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14. What part of the country do you live in?

Reply to Igel (Reply #12)

Sun May 26, 2019, 06:32 PM

May 2019

In my area of north central Florida, we have a lot of vacant small business buildings. It is somewhat easy to rent production space for a startup. There is development, but most of it is properties like gas stations/minimarts like WaWa and Racetrack.

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The real economic crisis no one is talking about: Our escalating rent. [View all] Initech May 2019 OP

The housing crisis is being relegated to the backburner Bradshaw3 May 2019 #1

Not just housing, also businesses. Initech May 2019 #3

This issue needs to be near the top of the list for national discussion. oasis May 2019 #2

So many of our problems would be solved if we took a serious look at income inequality. Initech May 2019 #4

Small businesses in my area are disappearing rapidly due to this. Coventina May 2019 #5

Yeah it's insane. Initech May 2019 #7

Strip malls are popping up like mushrooms in mine. Igel May 2019 #12

What part of the country do you live in? Blue_true May 2019 #14

This may be only tangentially relevant... Adsos Letter May 2019 #6

One of the places that I frequented was a high end restaurant. Initech May 2019 #9

What city? That only works in bigger cities and suburbs that are fairly wealthy. Blue_true May 2019 #15

Very few care about tenants. They are just there to pay mortgages and be disposed of when UniteFightBack May 2019 #8

... jpak May 2019 #10

Rent is too damn high and the pay is too damn low!!! Initech May 2019 #11

I have friends (actually business associates) in Boston. Blue_true May 2019 #13

It is a serious problem. smirkymonkey May 2019 #16