T.J. Maxx

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Department store in San Mateo, CA

4.0 · 571 reviewsOpens today at 9:30 AM

Retail chain featuring stylish brand-name apparel, shoes & accessories, plus housewares.

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini didn't mention T.J. Maxx.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Updated Sep 14, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from garden_gate_wren_59.

Services

What T.J. Maxx offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

Who you'll see, and whether their licenses check out.
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Today9:30 AM to 9:30 PM

Busy times

Closed now. Busiest Fri and Sat, 2 to 7 PM.

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about T.J. Maxx.

4.0from 571 reviews on Google

While T.J. Maxx offers a nostalgic shopping experience with a good clearance section, service issues and stock inconsistencies detract from customer satisfaction. Customers describe T.J. Maxx in San Mateo as a mixed experience, with some enjoying the nostalgic shopping atmosphere and clearance section, while others express frustration over poor customer service and long wait times at checkout. Specific complaints about employee behavior and stock issues contribute to a feeling of dissatisfaction.

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  • 48%
  • 38%
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  • 18%
Would go back72%72% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 72%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 8%, 3 stars · Negative 20%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Clearance section
  • Great selection of trendy clothes
  • Friendly service from Mala
The bad
  • Long checkout lines with few cashiers
  • Rude or unhelpful staff
  • Items missing or misrepresented

Press and awards

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Listed on 8 of the 21 directories AI reads.

DirectoryListed
YelpListed
Apple MapsListed
FacebookListed
Yellow PagesListed
MapQuestListed
NextdoorListed
Chamber of CommerceListed
MantaListed
BBBNot listed
FoursquareNot listed
SuperpagesNot listed
HotfrogNot listed
CylexNot listed
BrownbookNot listed
TupaloNot listed
DexKnowsNot listed
MerchantCircleNot listed
TrustpilotNot listed
BirdeyeNot listed
AngiNot listed
ThumbtackNot listed
+8and 8 more directories AI reads

How AI sees T.J. Maxx

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

26out of 100

37 San Mateo avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsT.J. Maxx

  • Retrieval grounding 26%Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.0
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.40
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.0
  • Reviews & response 12%The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.75
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.69
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.82
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.37

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What AI reads

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Local AI Registry · Department stores in San Mateo, CA · Editorial

T.J. Maxx, San Mateo CA: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 14, 2026.

Published September 14, 2026 · Updated September 14, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

T.J. Maxx is a department store in San Mateo, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks

Key facts

FactValue
TypeDepartment store
Address1850 S Grant St, San Mateo, CA 94402, USA
HoursMon to Sun 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM
Phone(650) 349-9544
Rating4.0 across 571 reviews on Google
Quietest timeTuesday
UpdatedSeptember 14, 2026

All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress1850 S Grant St, San Mateo, CA 94402, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionRetail chain featuring stylish brand-name apparel, shoes & accessories, plus housewares.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Sun 9:30 AM to 9:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameT.J. MaxxConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(650) 349-9544ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday9:30 AM to 9:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday9:30 AM to 9:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday9:30 AM to 9:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday9:30 AM to 9:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday9:30 AM to 9:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday9:30 AM to 9:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday9:30 AM to 9:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceAccessory salesAI guess
ServicesServiceApparel salesAI guess
ServicesServiceHousewares salesAI guess
ServicesServiceShoe salesAI guess
LinksWebsitehttps://tjmaxx.tjx.com/store/index.jspConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting T.J. Maxx

Address: 1850 S Grant St, San Mateo, CA 94402, USA. Phone: (650) 349-9544. Hours: Mon to Sun 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Retail chain featuring stylish brand-name apparel, shoes & accessories, plus housewares."

When to go

Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
S Grant St & Concar DrBus stop2 min walk
7-ElevenConvenience store2 min walk
The Pantry Family Restaurant - American & FilipinoBrunch restaurant3 min walk
Taquizas Mariscos Y Taqueria Ixpalino SinaloaTaco restaurant3 min walk
Concar ParkPark3 min walk
Ginniver St & 19th AveBus stop3 min walk

Reputation

4.0 average across 571 reviews: Google 571. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

While T.J. Maxx offers a nostalgic shopping experience with a good clearance section, service issues and stock inconsistencies detract from customer satisfaction. (AI guess, from 571 reviews.)

What people like

  • Clearance section
  • Great selection of trendy clothes
  • Friendly service from Mala

What people do not like

  • Long checkout lines with few cashiers
  • Rude or unhelpful staff
  • Items missing or misrepresented

Press

Awards

Directories

Listed on 8 of the 21 directories we checked.

DirectoryListed
AngiNot listed
Apple MapsListed
BBBNot listed
BirdeyeNot listed
BrownbookNot listed
Chamber of CommerceListed
CylexNot listed
DexKnowsNot listed
FacebookListed
FoursquareNot listed
HotfrogNot listed
MantaListed
MapQuestListed
MerchantCircleNot listed
NextdoorListed
SuperpagesNot listed
ThumbtackNot listed
TrustpilotNot listed
TupaloNot listed
Yellow PagesListed
YelpListed

Questions people ask

are prices in San Mateo higher than everywhere else

best department store in San Mateo

what time does T.J. Maxx in San Mateo actually open?

Why do people rate the shop?

is Nordstrom any better for Trendy clothing at affordable prices

What do shoppers most often mention buying here?

Busiest day at T.J. Maxx, anyone know?

anything people actually moan about here?

Do they post anywhere?

where exactly is T.J. Maxx?

The AI Score: 26 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Mateo department stores run 26 to 44. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. T.J. Maxx scores 26, below the San Mateo average of 37. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresT.J. Maxx
Retrieval grounding260Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.Poor
Off-property attestation2040Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility140Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Poor
Reviews & response1275The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.Good
Backlink & citation authority869Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Good
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile782Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Good
Content freshness & schema537Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Poor

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a department store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business

Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to T.J. Maxx
T.J. MaxxLocalBusiness#businesshttps://tjmaxx.tjx.com/store/index.jspSubject of this page
San Mateo, CaliforniaCity#cityCity T.J. Maxx is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the department stores in San Mateo, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best department stores in San Mateo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-mateo/department-store
  • Best businesses in San Mateo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-mateo

Nearby

  • /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
  • /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
  • /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
  • /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
  • /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
  • /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca

References

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ6f4PoPGej4ARHcxWrISBPQI (accessed Sep 14, 2026)
  • [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 12, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)

The code behind this page

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# T.J. Maxx, San Mateo CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-14.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca

## Photos

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## In short

T.J. Maxx is a department store in San Mateo, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Department store |
| Address | 1850 S Grant St, San Mateo, CA 94402, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM |
| Phone | (650) 349-9544 |
| Rating | 4.0 across 571 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Tuesday |
| Updated | September 14, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 1850 S Grant St, San Mateo, CA 94402, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Retail chain featuring stylish brand-name apparel, shoes & accessories, plus housewares. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | T.J. Maxx | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (650) 349-9544 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Accessory sales | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Apparel sales | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Housewares sales | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Shoe sales | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | https://tjmaxx.tjx.com/store/index.jsp | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting T.J. Maxx

Address: 1850 S Grant St, San Mateo, CA 94402, USA. Phone: (650) 349-9544. Hours: Mon to Sun 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Retail chain featuring stylish brand-name apparel, shoes & accessories, plus housewares."


### When to go

Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| S Grant St & Concar Dr | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| 7-Eleven | Convenience store | 2 min walk |
| The Pantry Family Restaurant - American & Filipino | Brunch restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Taquizas Mariscos Y Taqueria Ixpalino Sinaloa | Taco restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Concar Park | Park | 3 min walk |
| Ginniver St & 19th Ave | Bus stop | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.0 average across 571 reviews: Google 571. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

While T.J. Maxx offers a nostalgic shopping experience with a good clearance section, service issues and stock inconsistencies detract from customer satisfaction. (AI guess, from 571 reviews.)


### What people like

- Clearance section
- Great selection of trendy clothes
- Friendly service from Mala


### What people do not like

- Long checkout lines with few cashiers
- Rude or unhelpful staff
- Items missing or misrepresented


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 8 of the 21 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Manta | Listed |
| MapQuest | Listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Listed |
| Yelp | Listed |


## Questions people ask


### are prices in San Mateo higher than everywhere else


### best department store in San Mateo


### what time does T.J. Maxx in San Mateo actually open?


### Why do people rate the shop?


### is Nordstrom any better for Trendy clothing at affordable prices


### What do shoppers most often mention buying here?


### Busiest day at T.J. Maxx, anyone know?


### anything people actually moan about here?


### Do they post anywhere?


### where exactly is T.J. Maxx?


## The AI Score: 26 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Mateo department stores run 26 to 44. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. T.J. Maxx scores 26, below the San Mateo average of 37. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | T.J. Maxx |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 75 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 69 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 82 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 37 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a department store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to T.J. Maxx |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| T.J. Maxx | LocalBusiness | #business | https://tjmaxx.tjx.com/store/index.jsp | Subject of this page |
| San Mateo, California | City | #city |  | City T.J. Maxx is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the department stores in San Mateo, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best department stores in San Mateo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-mateo/department-store
- Best businesses in San Mateo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-mateo


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ6f4PoPGej4ARHcxWrISBPQI (accessed Sep 14, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 12, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)

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  1. are prices in San Mateo higher than everywhere else Question by garden_gate_wren_59, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca/q/what-does-a-department-store-actually-cost-in-san-mateo
  2. best department store in San Mateo Question by park_side_wren_10, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca/q/best-department-store-in-san-mateo
  3. what time does T.J. Maxx in San Mateo actually open? Question by bay_side_fern_50, Sep 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca/q/what-are-the-hours-of-operation-for-t-j-maxx-in-san-mateo
  4. Why do people rate the shop? Question by sm_low_tide_62, Sep 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-t-j-maxx
  5. is Nordstrom any better for Trendy clothing at affordable prices Question by sm_maple_row_84, Sep 1, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca/q/t-j-maxx-or-target-for-trendy-clothing-at-affordable-prices
  6. What do shoppers most often mention buying here? Question by sm_marine_layer_77, Aug 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca/q/what-do-shoppers-most-often-mention-buying-at-t-j-maxx
  7. Busiest day at T.J. Maxx, anyone know? Question by sm_marine_layer_47, Aug 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca/q/what-is-the-quietest-day-to-book-at-t-j-maxx
  8. anything people actually moan about here? Question by sm_bay_side_66, Aug 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  9. Do they post anywhere? Question by peach_on_corner_stop, Jul 30, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca/q/what-has-t-j-maxx-been-posting-lately
  10. where exactly is T.J. Maxx? Question by park_side_commuter_12, Jul 22, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca/q/where-is-t-j-maxx-located

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