Utopian Town #35,401

[SwordsMaster]

I thought they were banning pawn?

Anyway, just to be clear, many many business models are, can be and always will be successful without the internet. Not all businesses are multinational corporates, as I'm sure you know.

Oh, I do know. Still I stand by my affirmation. Even grocery stores place their orders on the web, because it is so easy to mess them up on a telephone.

[Banquo's Ghost]

Oh, I do know. Still I stand by my affirmation. Even grocery stores place their orders on the web, because it is so easy to mess them up on a telephone.

Some grocery stores. Maybe the majority in the US, I don't know. In Europe, many small grocers buy direct from the farmers - you know, they go to the farm themselves and place orders. Not giant supermarkets buying from big agri-business, but local. Consumers want fresh local produce that can be traced to its origin.

One of my businesses is training for people without basic skills. Very little of that could be done on the internet - it needs a teacher to be with their student. The internet is a new, excellent and flexible business model. But it's not the be all and end all.

To try to steer back on topic, perhaps that kind of community, personal rather than impersonal, is what inspires this town group?