02-26-2010, 04:04 PM
This fear of commercial business, I think, needs to be addressed.
I spent some time in England. Absolutely lovely.
There was a pub within walking distance of my house. Actually, there were three pubs within walking distance. The town was about the size of Seaview, a charming place called Sutton Courtenay.
This wasn't a bad thing! These pubs were for-profit businesses. No noise, no brawls, no vomiting in the middle of the night. Food, games, beer.
The town also had a 'post-office' which a euphemism for the kind of convenience store that's behind the Kalapana Village Cafe.
So remind me again why this is a bad thing? Why do people scream when someplace is zoned commercial, and we accept 11,000 alcohol-impaired deaths per year in the US?
I spent some time in England. Absolutely lovely.
There was a pub within walking distance of my house. Actually, there were three pubs within walking distance. The town was about the size of Seaview, a charming place called Sutton Courtenay.
This wasn't a bad thing! These pubs were for-profit businesses. No noise, no brawls, no vomiting in the middle of the night. Food, games, beer.
The town also had a 'post-office' which a euphemism for the kind of convenience store that's behind the Kalapana Village Cafe.
So remind me again why this is a bad thing? Why do people scream when someplace is zoned commercial, and we accept 11,000 alcohol-impaired deaths per year in the US?