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I agree that Family Video does well in smaller towns/lower socioeconomic areas that also don't have alot of high speed internet options. Many of the Family Video stores I see also pair their lease with a take out pizza chain like Hungry Howie's or Dominoes or something.

For instance there is one that is in a town about 30 minutes west of me. This town has a handful of Redboxes and not many high speed internet options, so Family Video is always busy. If they had one where I live they would not succeed as there are Red Boxes everywhere and 2 high speed internet options plus our local library has literally 3,000 unique DVDs that can be rented for free in their inventory.

To answer the $2 DVD comment, yes the low prices of DVDs (and digital options) are starting to hurt Redbox alot, high traffic locations that have them are maybe 1/4 as busy as they were 5 years ago. It used to be on a Friday night there was a line of 6 or 7 people to get a movie. Now they can get them from the library for free or stream them online for not much more than a Redbox rental plus no late fees. Redbox was the "next best thing" but I bet they don't last more than 3 or 4 years tops.