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Originally Posted by issybird
It's particularly appalling to think that colleges don't have bookstores.
Where was that implied, much less stated?
Some small towns have thriving bookstores. Realistically, it takes a commitment on the part of the community they serve, not to shop the storefront but buy from Amazon. But why the snark about this story? Certainly it's regrettable that an area with a population density of over 30,000 per square mile hasn't been able to sustain a bookstore and there are broader conclusions that can be drawn from that.
And just as a corrective, if you're dependent on public transportation as many in New York City are, it can take a long old time from parts of the Bronx to get to the nearest bookstore. And then you have to schlep the books home.
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I forgot about most people using public transportation in NYC. So my apologies.
Now on the Bronx not technically having a book store, since they have 10 colleges and universities, I wonder if their bookstores and libraries have all the books covered. Or I am assuming the BBC article meant bookstores not associated with an institution.
Without farther research, doesn't the Bronx also have one of the largest public libraries?
Maybe, like you said about the small towns, perhaps the Bronx doesn't have a reader population to sustain a bookstore because they are already being served by the institutions.
You are correct especially in the New England states on the book stores.
Alas in Texas, you have to go to a major city to find even Barnes & Noble.
I see you are in New England. I am in a region known as the Permian Basin.
The two areas have roughly the same land mass I think. The big difference is the towns are farther apart and not sure but many of our small towns are less than 1000 people.
Oh and we have no public transportation to speak of. At least not to go between the towns.