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“I think I’ll get a lot of tourists buying sunglasses.

Somebody coming off the ferry can walk here pretty easily.”Fair RatesSt.

John Eye Care’s location will also be convenient for Friedenberg’s St.

Thomas and Tortola patients, he explained.“I expect to get some old patients from Tortola and St.

Thomas,” said Friedenberg.

“Over 25 years, you build up a following.

I’m going to buy lunch for those patients.”While almost everything on St.

John is expensive, eye care doesn’t have to fall into that category, Friedenberg explained.“Everybody thinks St.

John is really expensive, so what I want to try to do is have fairly fair rates — they may be a little lower than the average rates on St.

Thomas,” said the optometrist.

“I’ve got high end stuff for the group of people here who will demand it, but I also want to have things that won’t break people’s budgets.

I think this is a little different concept for St.

John.”Gratitude of PatientsFriedenberg, who will maintain his residence on St.

Thomas and will likely travel back and ...

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