The local angle
What’s missing in your home town? Are you enough like everybody else? Jebus…
A business journal poll that hit my box today really set me off. Sometimes I just don’t think people get it, you know?
Have a look – is it just me?
What’s missing in your home town? Are you enough like everybody else? Jebus…
A business journal poll that hit my box today really set me off. Sometimes I just don’t think people get it, you know?
Have a look – is it just me?
lullaby pit 
Even though we live in a suburb of Buffalo, our particular suburb has a history…it’s over 150 years old, it has a Main Street with small, independent shops and restaurants, it has character and charm and flower baskets hanging from the light poles. So, we’ve got all that goin’ for us.
I care not one hoot about Bass Pro. (although there seems to be a theory that it can, single-handedly, turn around the economy of the City of Buffalo) (visual aid: Phoenix rising from the ashes) But I’ve got to admit, I would love not having to drive up to Canada to visit Ikea!
*sheepish grin with shoulder shrug*
Even though we live in a suburb of Buffalo, our particular suburb has a history…it’s over 150 years old, it has a Main Street with small, independent shops and restaurants, it has character and charm and flower baskets hanging from the light poles. So, we’ve got all that goin’ for us.
I care not one hoot about Bass Pro. (although there seems to be a theory that it can, single-handedly, turn around the economy of the City of Buffalo) (visual aid: Phoenix rising from the ashes) But I’ve got to admit, I would love not having to drive up to Canada to visit Ikea!
*sheepish grin with shoulder shrug*
I vote for Bass Cheesecake Trader.
I vote for Bass Cheesecake Trader.
The Don Ho Show…
What? No Bananna Republic?
Something similar has happened, and continutes to happen, in Hawaii. All up and down Waikiki, half the stores are there to cater to Japanese tourists (the other half are ABC Stores). It got so bad that the Japanese tourists started complaining that Hawaii is too much like Tokyo.
Of course, Hawaii has a lot of other stuff outside of Waikiki to make up for it, but still…
The Don Ho Show…
What? No Bananna Republic?
Something similar has happened, and continutes to happen, in Hawaii. All up and down Waikiki, half the stores are there to cater to Japanese tourists (the other half are ABC Stores). It got so bad that the Japanese tourists started complaining that Hawaii is too much like Tokyo.
Of course, Hawaii has a lot of other stuff outside of Waikiki to make up for it, but still…
Re: The Don Ho Show…
I didn’t get to do that part of Hawaii, but I don’t think I saw a single chain logo (except maybe a McDonald’s) on Kauai. Now, we were staying at a resort owned by a chain, but I don’t even remember seeing their logo anywhere except on things like notepads. That was a case where the chain was making an effort to fit the environs.
Re: The Don Ho Show…
I didn’t get to do that part of Hawaii, but I don’t think I saw a single chain logo (except maybe a McDonald’s) on Kauai. Now, we were staying at a resort owned by a chain, but I don’t even remember seeing their logo anywhere except on things like notepads. That was a case where the chain was making an effort to fit the environs.
Re: The Don Ho Show…
Yeah, the outer islands are a bit better. Maui is getting to be like Oahu, though. Kauai and The Big Island aren’t too bad yet. Development of the North Shore on Oahu to a minimum, too. I hope it stays that way, but I don’t have much hope.
Re: The Don Ho Show…
Yeah, the outer islands are a bit better. Maui is getting to be like Oahu, though. Kauai and The Big Island aren’t too bad yet. Development of the North Shore on Oahu to a minimum, too. I hope it stays that way, but I don’t have much hope.