Well, there were fewer open restaurants in the Keys this winter, a good five within a half mile of my house. Tourist oriented businesses have a low life expectancy, so it’s not a huge surprise. But driving into Kissimmee, Florida today, neighbor to Orlando, holy crap! So many shuttered and “for sale” posted businesses, and not just the Mom and Pop variety. Today we saw a shuttered Shell station, also Waffle House, McDonald’s, KFC, Sears and a load of closed motels and restaurants.
I’d been waiting to see what the economics would look like on Main Street, so the next six weeks travel through small town America should be instructional. I’ll try to post daily.
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