# Are there still any video rental stores in business in your area?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-any-video-rental-stores-in-business-in-your-area/952789
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 19, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-any-video-rental-stores-in-business-in-your-area/952789 "2021-10-19T21:28:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-any-video-rental-stores-in-business-in-your-area/952789/71 "2021-10-29T20:40:52Z")
Can’t find any current mention of the one at Windsor (near Sydney, Australia) but there is still [one independent](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/19/you-cant-close-melbournes-last-video-store-determined-to-stay-open-in-streaming-era) going in Melbourne, hanging on by its fingertips.
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### Author:  [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-any-video-rental-stores-in-business-in-your-area/952789/72 "2021-10-30T19:50:40Z")
New Hampshirite here. Here is an article from 2012 about one of the last video rental stores in the state. It is definitely closed now.
> **[Last of the Mohicans: For decades a fixture in even the smallest of towns,...](https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/local/last-of-the-mohicans-for-decades-a-fixture-in-even-the-smallest-of-towns-the/article_59410ce5-4041-55b9-94c9-2a287b99dd80.html)**
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> BRISTOL — "I was sad to hear about the Blockbuster closing," said Sheri RedCloud-Owen, standing in the Video Choice store she's worked in for nearly two decades and has owned
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### Author:  [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-any-video-rental-stores-in-business-in-your-area/952789/73 "2021-10-31T15:44:26Z")
I rode by a couple of days ago, yep it’s still open.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-any-video-rental-stores-in-business-in-your-area/952789/74 "2022-01-27T05:04:41Z")
I’ve been traveling around lately and I’ve found two more to add to the list of still open video rental stores:
Shenandoah Video & Tan in Woodstock, Virginia. In addition to operating a video store and tanning salon, this guy is also operating a Radio Shack. A place to go if you’re looking for 1999 flashbacks.
BCS Books & Comics in Bryan, Texas. A combination used bookstore, comic book shop, board game store, and video rental.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-any-video-rental-stores-in-business-in-your-area/952789/75 "2022-02-19T04:00:19Z")
Traveling around this week and visited Videodrome in Atlanta, Georgia. A very nice video store with a great collection of unusual titles.
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### Author:  [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-any-video-rental-stores-in-business-in-your-area/952789/76 "2022-02-19T13:37:11Z")
I was touring my neighborhood via google maps and found a video rental place a few blocks away. They specialize in Polish language rentals which makes sense in my Northwest side neighborhood of Chicago.
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-any-video-rental-stores-in-business-in-your-area/952789/77 "2022-02-19T15:54:06Z")
Little Rock still has several video rentals. RAO is downtown and a very old store. I rented vhs there in the late 80’s and early 90’s. They rent mainstream and adult tapes. Also rent games.
Movie Gallery is in the suburbs - in Maumelle.
Ten years ago I could have listed a dozen places. They’re just about extinct.
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