Hello,
to get the footnotes vertically aligned, a \setupindenting[none] is needed:
\setupindenting[small]
\starttext
\startlocalfootnotes[n=0]
bla\footnote{1. note}
bla\footnote{2. note}
bla\footnote{3. note}
{\setupindenting[none]
\placelocalfootnotes}
\stoplocalfootnotes
\stoptext
Cheers, Peter
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