[–] Runaway-White-Slave 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Barely... About as faint a memory as the willingness to leave the house in any city.
The successive waves of "heads", from crack to meth to wtfe kinda inhibit quality city life for all but the wealthy & rich.
[–] MrPim 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I think they each have a good place.
It's nice to be able to go almost anywhere and find something familiar. Where they have that one thing you actually like, even though you know it's a chain shithole.
But somewhere nearby, no matter where you are. If you look around, you'll find that local flavor.
[–] WhiteRonin 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Yes and No.
Many small towns were still a majoriy mom and pop until mid 80's. Larger places had already been started to be swamped by MacDonalds and other brands. K-Mart was already well established by this time too.
So, not really because most mom and pop stores died out in the early 80's.
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[–] 7436121? 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Does anyone remember all the stors closeing in the early 90s? Remember they would just shrink the store closer and closer to the entrance as the sold out of inventory. A week before they would close it was one register with like 6 shelves around it with the empty store behind it.