I drove up and down the Oregon coast recently, and was shocked by how many of the smaller seaside communities had multiple active video stores. Most family run, not franchises. My guess is that they entirely survive off vacationing families realizing that their rented beach house doesn't get broadband and buying a few DVDs to keep the kids entertained at night. And since they're so remote, Redbox doesn't want to deal with servicing a unit that only gets attention for a fourth of the year.
There's definetely still small localized markets where the video store just makes more sense than digital distribution.
There's definetely still small localized markets where the video store just makes more sense than digital distribution.