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Rural/Farm Life

OnDoutside

(19,990 posts) Tue Apr 2, 2024, 05:51 PM Apr 2

How a community of UK rural people are doing stuff for themselves

We Bought The Abandoned Local Pub

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How a community of UK rural people are doing stuff for themselves (Original Post) OnDoutside Apr 2 OP

Hope they make a go of it and it becomes a model for other communities bucolic_frolic Apr 2 #1

Here in Ireland the idea of the community shop is popular, and maybe a model that they could use in the US OnDoutside Apr 4 #3

I would very much like to see the whole thing, but the jerky, niyad Apr 2 #2

bucolic_frolic

(43,614 posts)

1. Hope they make a go of it and it becomes a model for other communities

Reply to OnDoutside (Original post)

Tue Apr 2, 2024, 06:12 PM

Apr 2

In the US private equity restaurant management companies would be buying up such and making a chain of restaurants. Ran into one of those and was surprised to learn they own many old restaurants for 50 miles around!

OnDoutside

(19,990 posts)

3. Here in Ireland the idea of the community shop is popular, and maybe a model that they could use in the US

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 4, 2024, 12:36 PM

Apr 4

https://courtmacsherry.ie/listing/courtmacsherry-community-shop/

niyad

(114,146 posts)

2. I would very much like to see the whole thing, but the jerky,

Reply to OnDoutside (Original post)

Tue Apr 2, 2024, 06:35 PM

Apr 2

continuous movement of the camera, and the breathless way the guy speaks, renders it painfully unwatchable.

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