Another wistful rant against all things fun.
Now, as you consider being lured into the new big-box catastrophe growing along Highway 1, think instead about buying locally from independent retailers. Celebrate “Independents Day” every day and join the nationwide unchained movement.
The new shopping center next to the freeway looks much better than the blight of the former Army base buildings that sat empty for decades with broken windows and covered in graffiti. So blind she is that she never mentions the one building worth preserving – a brick depot-like building that is still standing.
One of the walls in the center memorializes the Seventh Infantry – the brave soldiers that once occupied Fort Ord and kept the population of the peninsula more toward a working class. The view of the Target store with the original Army barracks’ in the background is a sight to see.
Anyway, it’s too late shop local – there’s nothing left in local land for a typical working family. If I had to live only on local independent stores for life’s needs life would be very, very boring, I’d have no clothes to wear and my car would not run. Let’s start a list of things you can’t buy locally. Based on Pacific Grove’s “Historic” Downtown.
- Blank DVD discs.
- Levis.
- Men’s shirts.
- A TV set.
- A Clint Eastwood DVD.
- Auto parts.
- An iPod.
- Printer cartridges.
- A “2600” magazine.
- A car stereo.
- A baseball glove.
- Laptop Computer Bag.
- Computer anything.
- Video game software/cartridge – any.
- Prescription Medication.
Joy Colangelo vs. The Civilized World
