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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'm not sure I've ever been to a proper used book store. Not even before ebooks were a reality. Flea market stalls and garage/yard sales, sure. But I can't recall the existence of a business dedicated solely to the sale of used books in my immediate locality. Ever.
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When I lived in Ventura, California (in the 80s) I used to haunt the 2nd hand book stores there. There was one on Main Street — huge — can't remember its name now. Also (I think) the one called Calico Cat Bookshop (which is still there according to Google maps). Then I would drive up to Ojai (probably once a week) to Bart's Books (which is also still there).
I just took a quick tour of Main Street in Ventura — looks like it's been heavily "gentrified" — which is probably partly why the one bookstore is gone. I think (at the time) the space was probably pretty cheap. I didn't know you could now "walk into stores" with Google Maps. Weird. Some of them, anyhow, not all of them.