Posted
11:19 AM
by Gene
A good old Italian immigrant who sold shoes in Boston has decided to close his store after nearly 50 years, and he explains why:
"There were shops on every corner," he said. "Now, it's just restaurants, restaurants."
As EDDIE RENDELL could have told him, any BOOMING city don't need RETAILERS -- certainly not plain unpretentious SHOE SHOPS, NO, it needs RESTAURANTS, UPSCALE RESTAURANTS, and LOTS OF YUPPIES TO FREQUENT THE RESTAURANTS, and all so we can finance HIGH-TECH JOBS LIKE MAIDS AND JANITORS AND DISHWASHERS AND...never mind.