20 Years and Gone

Non necessity retail will see a major change.  Best Buy was a good one.  

Cigarettes 

Hopefully, a lot of pharmaceutical companies.

I think movie theaters will be gone.  And at their price, I hope they are. 

posted by Verbal Kint

Bob Evans for all that it is not (good food), is very consistent.   A person can get a meal that usually is a 3/10, and for most people that is good enough.  You might have a point that the generation you see there is going to die out in 20 years.  

Went to Bob's this morning, I hadn't been there in a few years. I got the Sunshine Skillet. I'll give it a 6.5/10. Good, not great.

posted by salto

Hopefully, a lot of pharmaceutical companies.

The fewer pharma companies there are, the higher the drug costs.

Pennies

Brick and mortar banks.

MTV

Cancer

Satellite TV

Gym classes

Paper magazines

Unpaid college athletes

High school sports operated by school boards.  Euro club model.

Houses built without green energy

posted by GOONx19

The fewer pharma companies there are, the higher the drug costs.

Unless there is one government run pharma

posted by Spock

High school sports operated by school boards.  Euro club model.

I like how anyone can participate in high school sports here, but i think some schools make too big of a deal about athletics and worship players who are good. (The schools also go too far using athletics to pass levies) 

posted by FatHobbit

I like how anyone can participate in high school sports here, but i think some schools make too big of a deal about athletics and worship players who are good. (The schools also go too far using athletics to pass levies) 

The state passed a rule a few years ago that essentially did away with that

 If your school doesnt offer a sport you can play that sport at any other school you dont attend.

posted by salto

Hopefully, a lot of pharmaceutical companies.

Yeah I hate things that make us better.

X games

posted by ernest_t_bass

I think movie theaters will be gone.  And at their price, I hope they are. 

I sure hope this isn't true. 

posted by bigdaddy2003

I sure hope this isn't true. 

The general public will still put out $8 to sit in those huge ass reclinning chairs to watch a first run movie.

posted by Verbal Kint

The general public will still put out $8 to sit in those huge ass reclinning chairs to watch a first run movie.

I love going to the movies. I go multiple times a month. Sure, I could watch them online but I like the theater experience. And the fact that I only pay 5 or 6 bucks when I go. 

posted by bigdaddy2003

I sure hope this isn't true. 

If companies make it readily available at home, I see theaters (and production companies) losing money.

posted by bigdaddy2003

I love going to the movies. I go multiple times a month. Sure, I could watch them online but I like the theater experience. And the fact that I only pay 5 or 6 bucks when I go. 

Get MoviePass and pay $9.95 a month for unlimited.

posted by Laley23

Get MoviePass and pay $9.95 a month for unlimited.

That's awesome. 

I don't think movie theatres are going anywhere. Impossible to replicate the experience at home. Even the best home theatre experience just isn't quite the same. That's before you take into account the normal Joe doesn't have the space or money for a top of the home theatre but does have $11 or $12 to spend on a movie. It's also really fun taking your kids to the movies when they are young and think it's greatest thing. My son is 4 and we started taking him to movies when he was 3 and he still gets so fired up to go. He talks about the movies for a week afterwards. 

I agree with most of the retail suggestions (Electronics/Dept. Stores) on here. There is something to be said for trying clothes on but most companies are getting so good at returns that it isn't a big deal to return/exchage clothes. 

While I think/wish poorly ran and subpar chain restaurants will go away, I'm not sure if it will happen. For some reason, people will bypass a great local place and go get dinner at Bob fucking Evans. Mind bloggling. 

With amazon announcing they are getting into the delivery game, I say the USPS will be gone in 20 years.