I recently moved back to the lovely Pacific Northwest from the Bay Area.

 

I am a little annoyed that there is one Lego store within a reasonable distance from me.  I had three in the Bay Area that were easily accessible, depending on traffic.

 

I guess it makes sense. Other than Portland and Seattle area where would Lego want to put one?

 

It could be worse. I could be in MT, WY, ND, SD.  Looks like a Lego no mans land out there.

 

Any other members in the area feel the same?

There is only one in Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Not worth the 90 minute drive from where I live. Any time I am in town for various reasons (which is not often) I try to make a point to stop and check things out.

There is only one Lego store where I live, so it's not that bad, but the nearest store after this one is about four hours away, in Canada.

We're definitely spoiled in the Bay Area - I live in the central valley, so I have four in easy enough driving distance, between the three to the west and Sacramento to the north.

Y'all are spoiled. The closest one to me is 4-5 hours away.

Having one is very nice. There are only two in our whole state (NC)

 

Why do you need more than one anyways? If lego stores were everywhere it would not be special. Just another target or walmart.

Try living in the middle east.

Try living in the middle east.

 

I feel like the nearest LEGO store would be a small worry there, relatively speaking.

we are blessed with the one store in the entire state over here 

Try living in the middle east.

I hear prices are outrageous in your part of the world 

In West Texas we have the luxury of our Lego Stores only being 5.5-6 hours away (Dallas/Ft. Worth Area or Albuquerque and Santa Fe). I feel the pain of not having much available. I seem to find a lot of my deals online, TRU, Target and Walmart... but I would love to have one Lego store closer. 1.5-2 hours away would be worth a family excursion every once in a while, but 5+ hours is a bit much to rationalize for Lego (TVM).

You guys are spolit. We don't even have one in western australia. The lego stores in australia are all in the eastern states.....not to mention the crazy prices when compared to the states.

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I think the best thing is having access to one of the big three stores, Chicago, NYC and LA all have a whole different scope of store, I could care less about having 5 different stores nearby.

Try living in the middle east.

Touche

 

If possible I buy at a Lego store over box stores (unless better sales are going on elsewhere).  A Lego store always makes you feel good.  The bright lights and displays cry out to you to buy stuff.  Plus the Pick-a-brick wall always has something to stock up on or elements to resell.

There is one about 5 minutes from me

Not really...I am in PNW, but two are within 40 minutes and three are within 2.5 hours (not during rush hour!).