Demographics That Affect Local Business

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Where I am from there are many different things that affect local business. I am from Stoneville and the main demographics that affect the local businesses in my area are lack of employment and the population. In Stoneville most people have to go out of town to work, because there just isn't any employment in town which really affects our locals businesses, because most of the people that live here spend most of their time out of town so our businesses don't really get any business therefor they fail. Most of the population of Stoneville is older people because Stoneville doesn't really have anything that attracts younger people to the area. The fact that the population consists of many older people it really hurts new businesses because older

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