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Originally Posted by Two Bills
.......and one day the present newer areas will have the aging population.
Oldie pass on, and younger ones replace.
A bit like any city or town
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Most towns are not so homogeneous & built at nearly the same time, by one over-arching developer’s plan. Like most things, it’s both good & bad. The decline of retail is probably more acute in the older areas like OBG/Spanish Springs for the reasons offered but also because our entire economy has shifted to more online ordering & less buying-by-wandering around. The new areas have younger, more mobile people who want to get out to meet others, want to experience all the things they bought into & who NEED things for their new home & their new lifestyle.
Sit-down full-service restaurants are suffering everywhere post-pandemic. IMO restaurants everywhere will need to evolve & develop more unique experiences. The days of identical unhealthy chain food have passed to a large extent. We need them to offer specialized foods & drinks which cater to today’s more health-oriented special diets & needs.What if ONE restaurant dared to offer a Christian breaking -of-the-daily-bread dinner complete with prayer & Bible study & fellowship along with a more basic Mediterranean-themed tapas-style diet? Or ONE restaurant which might offer unique LUNCH experiences complete with music or an educational speaker? Or ONE restaurant which would offer LADIES LUNCHES “let’s do lunch!” with finger sandwiches, tiny beautiful baby veggies & salads, miniature pastries & a lovely fragrance to greet you along with a pianist. Would you go? How about a “dude’s den” with a cigar lounge, beer-tasting flights, charcuterie boards of meats & cheeses, and a muted saxophone player interrupted by a speaker about uniquely male topics like today’s NFL hot topics or tech or golf tips. Do you see how they are failing because they are all competing at the same stale mediocrity?