Just walk past the shops. Most of the time it is easy to see what they sell and you can ask them for a particular item or brand. Buying local usually involves legwork and talking with people. I hope it helped. However I really find it hard to understand why being able to buy legos locally seems that special to you (when I was growing up I only knew of local shops and I still prefer them).

The orb is love, the orb is life

Suppose that happens. What’s stopping the landlords from just raising their rents then? Can the government control housing costs? Is it even possible in a “free” economy?

q-quid?