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Would be great, except there are almost no local businesses anymore. Everything's a franchise, in fact, a tactic that's becoming increasingly popular is for corporate stores to disguise themselves as mom and pop shops. Local shops are effectively dead. Capitalism killed it.
Even a franchise is run by a local, risk-taking entrepreneur.
Frankly, this sounds kinda conspiratorial. You're not willing to step into a local shop for fear that it might not actually be a local shop?
Otherwise, there truly are more options in my area than in your area, in which case, I'm sorry to hear that.
(Edit: typo)