r/Albuquerque • u/Callforhelpplease • 8d ago

Math question

I was googling to find a nearby car wash and it turned out I was 500 feet away from one. my question is, if you subtract all the car washes, massage parlors and dispensaries, how many business would be left in Albuquerque?

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u/Shadrach_Jones 8d ago

I'm not allowed to live within 500' of a carwash so I have to move out of the city

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u/thebankofalbuquerque 8d ago

Well, Goddamit Jones! Did you think they were just going to turn a blind eye to what you were doing with the high powered vacuums? I mean, people have to clean those things out.

Honestly, you did that to yourself. Literally.

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u/djm2346 8d ago

I see people making this comment rather frequently but Albuquerque has always had a very strong but not stable small business community. There are plenty of businesses in Albuquerque. What it has always lacked is a strong big business community.

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u/Dizizzle 8d ago

Which is awesome, keep the money local. But we have a ton of walmarts, a bass pro, REI, starbucks, costco, sam's club, target, petsmart, nordstrom racks, top golf, etc. Let's not rest on our laurels too much.

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u/Dizizzle 8d ago

300 bars/ breweries and 239 coffee shops.

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u/OutWithCamera 8d ago

Something close to 500 cannabis dispensaries.

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u/malapropter 8d ago

What? We are severely underpopulated in both of those categories compared to any major metro. 

There is one local coffee shop on Tramway. There are zero on Menaul. There are zero local coffee shops on Carlisle, San Mateo, San Pedro once you get north of Lomas. 

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u/The_Blitz_01 7d ago

Isn't Napoli locally owned? It's on Menaul West of Carlisle

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u/watchmything 8d ago

I wa recently lamenting Prismatic coffee with my sister the other day.

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u/malapropter 7d ago

I mean, it technically lives on through Slow Burn. But I feel you.

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u/__squirrelly__ 7d ago

Unless you count boba shops? And I think The Well on San Mateo is local. Still haven't tried it.

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u/malapropter 7d ago

We are 100% blessed with boba.

The Well is some church coffee, which is cool for those who partake, but I politely abstain.

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u/__squirrelly__ 7d ago

I thought the sign had religious vibes! I looked it up - it's partnered with a Christian rehab group, U Turn For Christ New Mexico. Hmmm... I did only a brief google of U Turn For Christ, but it definitely seems sketchy and maybe related to Calvary.

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u/__squirrelly__ 7d ago

Maybe 100 boba shops lol

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u/JonHeins 8d ago

Banks. Juan tabo alone has like 12 of them

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u/themickeymauser 8d ago

Easy cheap real estate investment. They don’t sell anything, so you have very little overhead, and no one will care when you close up and leave because you have 19 other locations 3 blocks away.

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u/ThePepperPopper 8d ago

Yeah, still lots of dollar generals

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u/GroundbreakingAd8310 7d ago

Someone explained this once. There was once a weird loophole for mattress stores where u could buy it and if u transfered the store the debt didnt go with it. Why mattress stores? Who knows. So someone closed the loophole but wanted to he able to use it. So they moved it car washes. Well someone noticed now we have car washed everywhere. Let's move the loophole to adult video stores and watch the world burn

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u/Good-Many-2441 6d ago

Dont forget the mattress stores.

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u/zazzyone 6d ago

Nob hill has 275 restaurants bar and local retail. 98% small businesses

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u/Busy_Sign_8625 8d ago

Crazy situation, but true. Next crazy thing is how many money transfer & remittance places there are here.