Praise Working & living in a small town

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Brian Kahler

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Altho it may be hard to get rich running a frame shop outside of larger cities, we all know the benefits of living in a small town. Here's just a few:

a) I bike or walk to work
b) Deliveries to customer's homes are only 5 minutes out of the way
c) Close for a day and the delivery guy drops parcels at your home


....and the best one of all that just happened......customer came in and left her 3 month old daughter for me to coo over while mom ran home to get a pix to be framed!
 
I agree, Brian. I enjoy being a big fish in a small pond.

:beer:
 
What small town are you from Brian?

I live in a big city. My shop is 4 blocks from home in a community where many know each other. You can get that small town feel even in a city.
 
More so in a Canadian city than one here.
 
We have most of that at our shop, even though we live in a big city.

(our apartment is right above the shop!)

but nobody leaves babies.....>_<
 
Originally Posted by Paul N
LMAO John!!! (wine all over the screen....)

I am not as good looking as that bloke though....



Oh Yeah? Well here he is again.

But anyway - sorry for the frankenthread.

My place is in a village of 8500 or so, but it's joined to the next village each side, which are joined to others, which are joined to towns, more villages, cities. Not much green space between any of them.

So I figured (in hindsight - I just wanted a no-commute situation) why pay the mall/pedestrian precinct rates?

Also - would I, as a customer, want to lug a huge framed mirror from the top of a multi storey car park to my store, a half mile away from that car park. Or just pull up outside?

OK - I miss out on footfall, but within a 15 mile radius of me I can't think of any framers in those malls/precincts. Plus, now 'established' most people coming here, do so with a purpose, and a lot of those see and buy stuff outside that initial idea.
 
I live and work in a small, remote suburb of a major city. The small-town atmosphere is in the air here, but we still lock our houses and cars.

I don't care where your're from. Nobody anywhere should leave a 3-month-old baby with a stranger, even for a few minutes. That's an irresponsible parent's invitation to disaster. And if a person wanted to leave their baby in my store, I would respectfully decline to accept that responsibility.
 
Robo, I grinned the whole way through those. Very funny!

Brian, I hear you about small town life. It has a sweetness that makes every day richer. As long as you avoid the whole small town rumor mill side of it, that is. I'm so low key that no one ever has any gossip worth sharing about me. On Thursday, I looked out the window of our shop to see a small boy scoot past on a bicycle. The bike shop next door sells retro styles that harken back to earlier days. He was about six years old, with fair skin, dark hair and sweetly earnest brown eyes. Rode back and forth several times on a boys bike that could have come straight out of 1965, with a little bell he rang as he passed.
I smiled and thought, "Life has to be okay when a small boy rides past the window dinging the bell on his new bike." He looked so happy and proud, and his parents stood off to the side while he practiced riding.

Lizzy, I've heard your kind of comment before. From people who've lived places like New York City. They said that their neighborhood was a small town unto itself. It seems to me that wherever people choose to be involved with their neighbors and townfolk in a kind and personal way, they are part of creating true community. That sense of belonging and being appreciated does so much to make life feel richer.
 
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