Archived Member when every city was different and not overrun by chain stores and restaurants? (Memberberries)
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Archived Member when every city was different and not overrun by chain stores and restaurants? (Memberberries)
submitted ago by Lemongarb
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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.
[–] piratse 1 point 4 points 5 points (+5|-1) ago
Every major city has a HUGE amount in independent shops.
[–] Mr_Wolf 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
sure do, now I buy all my shit online so I can have something nice, different, or quality.
[–] 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.
[–] 7436135? 7 points -3 points 4 points (+4|-7) ago
Bill Clinton was the death blow to anything traditional. I hope Trump kills him
[–] 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.
[–] tanukihat 2 points 2 points 4 points (+4|-2) ago (edited ago)
No. Chain stores have existed since the first Walgreen's Drug Store decided to expand. There's always been chains in every city, especially in the cities. Maybe during the 1700's they were different.
[–] Lemongarb [S] 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
I'm not saying chains didn't exist, but there were fewer of them and they didn't dominate.
[–] 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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[–] Lemongarb [S] 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
Denny's is great hangover food.