To the Editor:

Seriously? I’m wishing the best of luck, of course, to all businesses opening in Marion County. But how many coffee shops do we need in the area? Especially when the cost for a simple cup of coffee is outrageous.

I noticed one area with two drive-thru coffee shops next to one another, as well as three within a one-mile area, along with three car washes within the same one to two mile radius.

Excessive, it would seem.

It seems that car washes, gas stations, and coffee shops are a trend that must be popular to open in a town that is over-saturated with the same services in a population that is a majority of rural population.

Just curiously saying.

Ernesto Pierson
Belleview