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Pembroke Pines, FL, United States (AHN) – The United States Postal Service is set to reduce the number of its offices by 2,000 this year as the agency can no longer afford to operate them.

USPS spokeswoman Debbie Fetterly on Monday cited falling revenues as the reason for the planned closure of the 2,000 offices nationwide. She admitted that the postal service is losing out to the Internet as people prefer e-mail more than the traditional mail.

The USPS funds its operation through earnings from stamps sale and other postal services.

Most of the postal offices to be closed are in the rural areas and have low volumes of mails handled, according to Fetterly. However, she did not identify the sites saying these will have to be determined through 57 steps that will take from six months to a year to complete.

Factors to be considered in closing a post office include cost of operation, revenue and proximity to stores and gas stations that offer postal services.

The USPS initially planned to close 3,000 offices nationwide.

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