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Ever seen a shop that seems to be a business black hole? Businesses open up and then are never heard from again?

There's one in my town. It's been a sunglasses store, a cell phone store, a yogurt shop, a comic book shop, and a hundred other things. They open up and in a matter of weeks they disappear, to be replaced by another business destined to be crushed by the gravitational force of the business black hole.

I just saw a sign: Coming Soon - Arthur's Archery Shop.

Sorry, Arthur. Your arrows won't ever make it past the event horizon.

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    Peter Henderson over 5 years ago

    A lot of small business owners start a business from scratch to save on buying "goodwill" from a previous owner. Good story Christopher.

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    Christopher over 5 years ago

    Yeah, but this particular store must be haunted because no business survives there for very long, while other businesses on either side have been there for decades.

    Thanks for reading, Peter.

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    Christopher over 5 years ago

    Thanks, Drew.

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