There's not a hobby shop of any kind that I'm aware of, within an hour and a half drive of me. I do hit them up when possible. But it's only when I'm headed out of town anyway. I head out to hit up Home Depot, Sam Ash, Hobby Lobby all in one trip.. gotta make a trip that far count...
But most, like 95%, of my modeling items come from tower hobbies, hobbylinc, & model roundup.