Commercial building ratios

[JoeStrout]

I received the following interesting facts, culled from the 2010 U.S. census, from Stephen Covey:

In the USA, there are 250-500 persons per restaurant, 1000-2000 persons per tavern. They also report that for every 1,000 people there are:

• 3 physicians
• 5 dentists
• 2 grocery stores
• 10 nurses
• 0.2 coffee shops
• 1 tavern or sports bar
• 2.5 restaurants
• And 1995 square meters of restaurant, retail, and services
  

Pretty interesting stuff, eh?  This gives you an idea of what sort of commercial services you should expect to need for a space colony of a given size.

[Pye-rate]

Very interesting. Will be very helpful.