Re: My former employer is on fire!
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:26 pm
Yeah, we have “food deserts “ largely because the local populace has made it unprofitable to operate because of the shoplifting. And property taxes are murder, I know of $10,000 plus property tax bills on a single family home. Large one , mind you, 5 bedrooms. But a single family home nonetheless. Looks like we will be driving for the foreseeable future. One trip a month.Josh wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:15 pmWon’t happen, part of what makes the “plain thing” work is having a gigantic labour pool of Amish people to draw from and a general lower cost of doing business including very sympathetic local government that rolls out the red carpet for such businesses.Judas Maccabeus wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:11 pmI wonder how much “density “ we need in my fair city before we qualify. It is a pain to drive up to Ephrata for shopping. Can’t do without the Wenger’s ham loaf.
My wife doesn’t really like “Amish stores” as she calls them. We have 1 local Mennonite store in town and that’s it. Amish country is an hour away. We do have an Amish settlement 20 minutes south with a hardware store and bent and dent store but we never seem to get around to going there.
It does become obvious that the cost of living is lower in these areas simply because of the bargain priced food and goods with good quality and wide selection.