# Are there still any video rental stores in business in your area?

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**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")
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### Author: ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-any-video-rental-stores-in-business-in-your-area/952789/1 "2021-10-19T21:28:55Z")

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Just to be clear, I’m talking about a business that rents dvds or blurays or even VHS tapes. I’m not talking about Redboxes or public libraries. And I’m not talking about stores that sell dvds or blurays. And I’m not talking out memories of video stores that have closed.

In my area, there is one video store left: Village Mall Video in Webster, NY. It’s only open three days a week but it’s still in business. I suspect the woman who runs the store must own the building because I can’t imagine how she’s making a monthly rent payment.

There’s also Maple Avenue Videos in Victor, NY. But I’m not sure it’s still in business. It was “temporarily closed” last year due to the pandemic and it’s never re-opened.

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