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I think it's missing a lot of cities. The concept is good, but I don't trust the metrics. (Bookstore in an airport versus something else?) I'd be interested

• dogma1138 10y ago
  They said that they didn't actually do a proper survey, 18 cities reported the amount of bookstores, and 20 reported the amount of libraries and i think those figures are way to low to be accurate to begin with. I can name at least 15 book stores within <20 min walk from where I live in London, Waterstones alone has about 50 stores in London. I think using Google Business Directory, Yelp, Yellow Pages and a few other repositories would give a much better picture, I've checked a few random cities (both on and off their list) and the numbers are considerably higher than what the article describes.
• ihaveahadron 10y ago
  You don't trust them because your retarded and your an American.
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