It's a new concept to me too, in terms of an online economy. It bears resemblance to a small town shopping locally. I can't imagine this mentality existing in the Android and iOS metropolis...es? Metropolies?
With Canadian retailers dropping prices and selling out of PlayBooks (finding a PlayBook for sale in Montreal from BestBuy or Future Shop is now nigh improbable), resulting in what must be a sudden boom in PlayBook owners, and BB10 on the horizon, we may be getting a couple of high rise condos right in the middle of Main St.