Your profile lists Front Royal, as location, so if that is the hometown, here is the answer to Paul's question.
This town is 70 miles from Washington approx. 1hr. 16 min drive according to mapquest.
Warren County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 37,575.
Its county seat is Front Royal. This county is considered to be a distant part of the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Wikipedia
Area: 216 sq miles (559.4 kmē)
Founded: 1836
Population: 37,749 (2011)
County seat: Front Royal
Of course what Paul is asking is related to how many potential customers you might have. Some franchises say less
than 300,000 in your nearby city and you might be struggling. Of course it also depends on the income level of folks
and what their respective wildlife issues are.
I have a million plus in my nearby city (25 miles from my house) but I get more business from further away so I do
drive more, though through advertising and better marketing I'm trying to correct this a bit. Some of it though for
me has to do with architecture types, wildlife species and their habitat of course and then income levels.
More than 1/2 of my million are just scraping by, if not more.
Good thing to look at though in terms of figuring out how to make a go of it.
There are plenty of links if you use the search of the archives for ADC forum on this website. Lots of folks ask about
startup so once you are beyond what rules and regs for VA lots to learn from.
Justin
