| Personal services are those services used by local
consumers for their families and homes. They include, beauty salons,
dry cleaners and travel agents as examples of convenience services,
and car rental and photography as examples of specialty services.
In general, the distribution of personal services shows a close
link to the nearby market, with only a modest preference for larger
centres and higher income areas. Consumers are unlikely to travel
very far for such routine services.
Geographical Description
On this map, the size of the circles is proportional to the population
of the market, while the degree of specialization is shown by the
colour in the legend. The distribution of personal services is very
much like the map of the market, so that specialization in personal
services is almost entirely due to variations in the size of the
external trade (market)
area of the city. As a result, rural and urban differences in the
specialization of personal services are weaker than for business
or financial services, as are the variations among the metropolitan
suburbs.
To properly interpret this map, please consult the text Data
and Mapping Notes.
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