The 50 Plus Cafe, Pub, All-Nite Greasy Spoon and Dive Bar

I went to a local dry cleaner/laundry today (my guy is further away, so we used a local guy). He was an older guy (50 plus but not sure how much plus) and said that it was he and his wife, and that the hours are long. It's a little shop but he definitely had a good sized moving rack full of cleaned clothes. One doesn't get super rich doing the work (we do the books for a larger dry cleaner so I know they aren't making a killing), but there have to be a bunch of people for whom this would be a great business. I keep seeing businesses like this close when the owner retires. Kids in town would never see this as an opportunity.

At same time I give to a charity for students in the poorer sections of Boston that provides one on one tutoring. These are hard working studious kids (someone from 1994 is now a morning anchor at big Boston TV Station), but they will never see the opportunities in my somewhat affluent suburb (it wasn't that affluent when I moved here in 1990, but it is now). More to the point, no one talks about starting a small retail business to students.
Small retail is the backbone of America.

I try to support mom and pops over any chain of any kind. Altho I have to admit I go to Lowe’s - they have a 10% veterans discount. Home Depot too.
 
I have tried to support small or family owned businesses for the past 20 years. Few have survived as no family member wants to take it over or the founder sells it. I go to a local grocery store whenever possible, my barber is locally owned, and my doctor has her own business.

It takes effort to find them but the service is so worth it.
100%! ⬆️
 
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