Lack of a game store

So yeah, the one true wargame store here in Bakersfield closed their doors at the end of last year. Bakersfield doesn't have much a culture and the hobby couldn't hold the place up in a recession.

So the next two runners up start vying for the wargame crowd. It comes down to two stores.

You have store A and store B (I'll leave names out for now).

Store A thinks that having a 4x4 table crowded into the back, 2 copies of the Tyranid Codex and a couple of boxes qualifies it as a wargame location. No events, only a vague "we meet on X day".

Store B seems to think that if you build it they will come. Except that it is in the basement of another building and has no advertising. Oh, and their stock makes store A look like a fully stocked store.

In short, I think I will be playing at friends houses and driving to LA for my Warhammer fix.