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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5674023" data-attributes="member: 19675">There are going to be regional differences on how the hobby fares in B&M stores.  I live in a tiny suburb of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and I can think of 3 excellent pure gaming/comic stores within a 30 min. drive of my house...and one recently expanded.  None are part cafe, and only a few offer gaming space.  Another 10 minutes gets me to a Games Workshop store.  Furthermore, we have a local gaming/comic chain (Lone Star Comics) that has 6-7 locations scattered all over the Metroplex.  Of the stores I frequented that have closed in the last 5 years, the problem was less about sales and more about location.  Two were located in aging big malls with rising rents and changing demographics.  Another was in a strip mall also saddled with changing demographics and a landlord who felt he could do better with a different tenant (at higher rents)- that space stayed empty nearly 2 years.  The last closed due to non-business reasons- the owner had to close one of his locations because he couldn't afford the commute time due to changes in personal life (he was needed more at home).Of the stores I frequented in San Antonio and Austin, the stories are much the same: a couple have closed, but the better one's have thrived and expanded.</blockquote>