tchiseen on Why competitors open stores next to eachother - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"This is the same Nash as the Russel Crowe Beautiful Mind Nash, for those watching at home. And it's not just that, for a lot of businesses like restaurants being in proximity with other similar businesses actually increases the amount of business they get; if you have one Mexican restaurant on the corner, it's just a restaurant, but if you have 2 or 3, the corner becomes the place to go if you want Mexican. Each restaurant does more business because there are similar businesses nearby that they would not otherwise have were the competition to move away." - Will Higgins™