I've wondered if there was a local camera shop here, but so far all I know of selling Nikon's is wal-mart. And I never look for camera gear whenever I go there! As far as camera shops go it is likely just my poor abilities in searching, but I doubt there are many camera shops around here, if at all! Even the pawn shop I know of doesn't sell anything in store, but puts everything up for auctions at a local auction house and maybe on eBay too!
Nope, buying online is the direction things are going more and more, unless it's some big store chains like wal-mart!