Originally Posted by
Pete
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The problem is that when there is a big change such as the small full-service stations going away, that leaves a lot of ugly, empty real estate. You can still see remnants of those old stations all over town.
Same way with the smaller grocery stores that were on every corner up until the 1990s or the smaller Walmart stores. They all sit empty and then eventually become bingo halls, pawn shops and payday loan places.
Gas stations become used car lots, muffler places or tobacco stores.
THAT is my concern: the impact of building several hundred (literally) of these stations all over Central OK when it's likely they will be antiquated in the next 30 years.
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