One of the first things I noticed, driving around this 5.2 square-mile town, is that there are A LOT of auto parts stores. Actually, it was my daughter who first noticed it. "Mom. People here must ALL fix their own cars. There's an auto parts store on every corner!"This is the auto parts store closest to my house.
This is the NEXT closest auto parts store. It's almost directly across the street from the first one! 
THIS is the next, NEXT closest auto parts store, and it's at the very next intersection.
JUST as my daughter made her observation, we drove past yet ANOTHER another auto parts store! We got lost a lot that first day, so I don't remember exactly where that store was, but when I pointed out to a local resident the proliferation of auto parts stores, I was told, "Oh, and that's not all of them!" Evidently, there is a FIFTH auto parts store at the other end of town ("...across the tracks, down a ways, past the station...", etc...) but I didn't go look for that one.
How can a town of 8200 people support FIVE auto parts stores?!?
Well, it turns out it can't. Yesterday I heard the sad news that the oldest of the auto parts stores, not pictured here, will be closing it's doors. Gee, I hope the other FOUR can handle the slack!
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