🚀 go-pugleaf

John Emmons wrote:
> 
> You can thank the Alhambra city council for that. They encouraged mindless
> "development" at the expense of long time retailers. And the folks who live
> there got to help pay for it all.
> 
> Like those of us in Pasadena got to help pay for the godawful mess now known
> as "Old Pasadena". Which will always be "Old Town" to anyone who can
> remember the 90's...

In the words of the immortal Bette Davis, What a dump!  It was easier to get
to Goldstein's in Arcadia than the one in The Dump (including ordinary
downtown).  I think the last time I went into the old mall was in 1995 when
Radio Shack had a free-with-coupon cordless phone on sale.  I've been in the
new mall once -- I was on jury duty and was looking for a place to eat.  Baja
Fresh or something like that.  Overpriced slop.  What a HUGE dump.  I suppose
if you work downtown you might be tempted to eat somewhere in The Dump, but
driving there deliberately is reserved for the insane.  A friend was totally
pissed off when he parked in the parking lot, looked for 20 minutes or so for
a place to eat, found nothing of interest, and had to pay the $5
flat-fee-after-5:00 parking fee.  One more customer lost forever.

Pasadena would be a PERFECT place for a Fry's, but NOOOOOOOO!

> "The Real Bev" <bashley@myrealbox.com> wrote:
> > "Dave C." wrote:
> > >
> > > > Your system sounds impressive, like a textbook case of working smarter
> > > > instead of harder.
> > >
> > > Yup, it sure sounds like he's a smart business operator.  Unfortunately, the
> > > idea to quit your job and open a BBQ restaurant won't work for everybody.
> > > It's not a bad idea . . . it's just that, when everyone owns their own
> > > restaurant, there will be no customers.  Call it the food pyramid scheme.
> > > :)
> >
> > That's a problem in Alhambra, a local largely-Asian community.  Over the years
> > the department stores and shops have moved out and restaurants have moved in.
> > The restaurants are generally very good -- chains like Tony Roma's and
> > individual ethnic restaurants, mostly Asian -- but there's nobody to eat at
> > them.  Now they're trying to change the mix back to general shopping, but the
> > "nice" dress shops and stores that  my mom liked to shop at are gone forever.

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Cheers, Bev
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