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Re: What every lego town is missing....
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Date: 
Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:04:59 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Christopher Tracey writes:
While I do agree that these are great models (I thought it was a picture of a real home depot in  the brickshelf gallery thumbnail), I have to
disagree that every lego town needs one of these.  I typically model dense urban areas where these stores would look out of place.

Dense urban areas...

There are 3 Home Depot stores smack in the middle of "Impossible To Zone
For" Queens, NY. I was shocked to discover I am just 0.7 miles away from the
latest one.  Happily, we also got a Target as part of the Big Box invasion.

If you have an elevated highway, or a railroad, how about  just putting the
Bigbox stores on the other side?

Hmm, roads. All Lego roadplates are 2 lanes. Big box type stores tend to
occur along 4 lane main roads. Road plate surgery is indicated.......



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  Re: What every lego town is missing....
 
(...) I think we have 2 HD's here in the Bronx. I went the other direction with my town though: Used auto shops, cheap hotels, junkyards & garbage transfer stations. They zone the Bronx really well, all the above on one block with apartments & (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)

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  Re: What every lego town is missing....
 
While I do agree that these are great models (I thought it was a picture of a real home depot in the brickshelf gallery thumbnail), I have to disagree that every lego town needs one of these. I typically model dense urban areas where these stores (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

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