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#10 - Brick and mortar stores will cease to be the major means of purchases in the U.S.
I voted yes, though I think that some niche stores will continue to exist. I think there are some things that people will want to see before they buy, such as cars. (And yes, I know about Tesla. Good luck with that, Tesla.)
As much as we talk about online purchases now, I think it's still a minor market for many goods. Books, electronics, and clothes are purchased pretty heavily online, but I bet most things aren't at more than about a 10 percent market share at most. But it'll only go up.
I would definitely not invest in commercial storefront real estate for the long term.
It makes me wonder what the city of the future will look like. I suspect that there'll still be offices and manufacturing areas, but will we not have malls? Will we not have the big commercial streets that seem to run through every city? We'll still have some consumer businesses like hotels and restaurants and ... well, maybe not gas stations. But will those business push more toward serving highways than residential areas?
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