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Even the old mom and pop stores must have had their regular products that they always bought from the same distributor though. I mean even if the sweet corn that their customers bought was locally grown it had to come from somewhere and a lot of manufactured goods no doubt were bought from other suppliers like Sears & Robuck and then resold to the local customers who wouldn't then have to order the products and wait for them to arrive. The last time a community was totally self-sufficient was when the serfs were working the land for the local lord of the manor.
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