Mom and Pop stores are disappearing, and not only because the moms and pops themselves are disappearing, often replaced by a couple of people who never met before they began to work there.
Lived there for 28 years and knew those places, owners and a lot of the customers. The smell of the bakery in the morning was intoxicating. Thanks for the memories.
Yup. We had a drug store and grocery store and a toy store and a pizza place and even a laundromat when I moved into my neighborhood. Now we have a fancy cheese shop, an overpriced flower store who only seems to sell orchids, and three dress shops two of which cost money just looking in the windows. Change…..
I love my local pharmacy and hope it stays around. Great personal service as well as cards, gifts and soaps. We also have a new independent bookstore that a is doing a brisk business.
Have you read the heaven on earth grocery store, by James McBride? It addresses basically what you’re talking about - it’s happened here in Louisville and it’s very sad.
The exact same thing happens in Chapel Hill, NC. We had a great book store, drug store, camera store, post office, waffle shop, florist, a small independent restaurant that played classical music, only the Post Office and restaurant have survived- the rest are fast food places, T shirt shops , Starbucks, and such… Julie c
Lived there for 28 years and knew those places, owners and a lot of the customers. The smell of the bakery in the morning was intoxicating. Thanks for the memories.
Yes, nearly all gone, along with sandlot baseball.
Great piece! p.s. I loved getting a latte at the drive through bank window!
Yup. We had a drug store and grocery store and a toy store and a pizza place and even a laundromat when I moved into my neighborhood. Now we have a fancy cheese shop, an overpriced flower store who only seems to sell orchids, and three dress shops two of which cost money just looking in the windows. Change…..
Love the last line—says it all.
I love my local pharmacy and hope it stays around. Great personal service as well as cards, gifts and soaps. We also have a new independent bookstore that a is doing a brisk business.
Have you read the heaven on earth grocery store, by James McBride? It addresses basically what you’re talking about - it’s happened here in Louisville and it’s very sad.
The exact same thing happens in Chapel Hill, NC. We had a great book store, drug store, camera store, post office, waffle shop, florist, a small independent restaurant that played classical music, only the Post Office and restaurant have survived- the rest are fast food places, T shirt shops , Starbucks, and such… Julie c
Progress. The trajectory: mom and pop, people who never met each other but for the job, and finally robots
These are the new, soon to be , “ good olde days”