Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.
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@lordof1 Hair is a growth industry!
@joshbuddy @lordof1 Trust me when I say, from my vantage point (looking in a bathroom mirror, it‘s not.
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Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.
These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.
@lordof1 I live in a pedestrian street in a downtown area. There used to be a wide variety of shops. Now it's shoes, clothing, cafés, hairstylists, and optometrists. Everything else has been killed by Amazon.
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Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.
These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.
@lordof1 I used to work in Twickenham and our high street was exactly the same - hairdressers everywhere.
I think things are changing now, tho; it's vape shops instead of hairdressers in most places now.
Britain's 'vape capital' has more than 50 shops lining two streets
Cheetham Hill in Manchester is home to 54 vape shops, much to the dismay of locals who are worried the businesses aren't legitimate.
Metro (metro.co.uk)
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Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.
These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.
@lordof1 i've heard it suggested here that, like nail parlors and american sweet shops, the hair places are often fronts for money laundering.
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Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.
These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.
@lordof1 Tattoo shops, nail salons and hair salons. The absolute trifecta of a hollowed out culture and economy.
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@joshbuddy @lordof1 Trust me when I say, from my vantage point (looking in a bathroom mirror, it‘s not.
@sanpan @joshbuddy @lordof1 it's an hairrible place !
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Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.
These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.
@lordof1 We have a thriving high street near us in a sought after area, and it's almost all coffee shops, bars and beauty salons of some sort*. All the things you can't buy online.
*There is a post office, a couple of mini supermarkets, a gift shop and a couple of charity shops. But it's majorly hospitality and beauty.
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Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.
These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.
@lordof1 my town is the same. The barber shops are like weeds, popping up everywhere. Whenever a shop closes it's guaranteed that the next thing it will be is a barber shop or a hair salon.
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Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.
These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.
@lordof1 A great variety of enterprises covered up by hair salons. Is it warm inside? The neighbours are growing cannabis.
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Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.
These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.
@lordof1
Now we have dropped to the level where we can't even build shoe shops. -
Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.
These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.
The UK is full of Barber shops cafe's and nail bars, mostly because Maggie Thatcher destroyed our big industries in a fit of spite aimed at the Trade Unions, and the stupid UK voters loved her for it.
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@sanpan @joshbuddy @lordof1 it's an hairrible place !
@Soloflow @sanpan @joshbuddy @lordof1 I thought it was more of a fringe market
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The UK is full of Barber shops cafe's and nail bars, mostly because Maggie Thatcher destroyed our big industries in a fit of spite aimed at the Trade Unions, and the stupid UK voters loved her for it.
@lyndamerry484 @lordof1 ironically, I've been unable to buy shoes lately because roughly 145% of the shops nearby only sell overpriced food
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@lordof1 i've heard it suggested here that, like nail parlors and american sweet shops, the hair places are often fronts for money laundering.
@fishidwardrobe @lordof1 yeah this is definitely what's going on, a place that offers a service rather than products can cook the books much more easily
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Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.
These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.
Local authorities should buy up shops, designate them as greengrocer or butcher and invite tenders to run them.
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Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.
These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.
@lordof1 around here, it's mattress stores and vape shops.
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@lordof1 I used to work in Twickenham and our high street was exactly the same - hairdressers everywhere.
I think things are changing now, tho; it's vape shops instead of hairdressers in most places now.
Britain's 'vape capital' has more than 50 shops lining two streets
Cheetham Hill in Manchester is home to 54 vape shops, much to the dismay of locals who are worried the businesses aren't legitimate.
Metro (metro.co.uk)
@davidnjoku @lordof1 (in Canada) cellular services are so profitable that a mall near me is roughly 30% stores calling the services of the 3 providers. It’s wild watching them open entire retail storefronts for their own subrands to “compete”
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Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops.
These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.
@lordof1 It's like a slightly more upscale version of having countless vape stores.
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@davidnjoku @lordof1 (in Canada) cellular services are so profitable that a mall near me is roughly 30% stores calling the services of the 3 providers. It’s wild watching them open entire retail storefronts for their own subrands to “compete”
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@davidnjoku @lordof1 and phones, plus be a bit of frontline customer support. I just cannot fathom how it all works financially.
