"Brings up a sore subject for me. Cities are trying to be pedestrian & bike friendly by designing sidewalks out of a Northface urban adventure catalogue. Caring for my elderly mother in a wheelchair was an eye opening experience about unintended consequences. Navigating around bike lanes & the lost parking is truly a nightmare... and I'm a bike rider. The population is getting older. Should we re-examine some of our oaths to goals? Caring for my wheelbound mother was too often a humiliating experience."
""Character is a brand built around creating a space that you love. Character is for everyone, from the power DIY'ers to the casual home improvement project."This not worth going into debt for business school to speak like this."
"My city had a very long history of avoiding salt on our roadways. All it took was one snowstorm, an inadequate plow response, politics & people with less than adequate driving skills to rust out our cars. My friends from back east used to marvel at our vintage cars running around. Not no mo..."
"The toilet; the bastard stepchild of any retail business because it’s the least palatable expense in building out & maintaining a storefront. Even with a pandemic, many toilets failed in keeping clean. Rarely kept clean, anything that helps with sanitary conditions is a good thing because no staff member likes WC Duty."