Jonathan Morris, U.S. Army Ranger Ret. and Rowan County Sheep Baron
♦ “Suppose they gave a party and nobody came?” Pearl Mesta, Washington’s “hostess with the mostest”
Another sad day on Main Street in downtown Salisbury, N.C. as yet another store bites the dust on a street with almost now human traffic. After dark gangbanger graffiti artists wander by, splashing gang tags on the walls at night. Today was the last day for “Party Connections” which was a nice store with pleasant staff, but just in the wrong locale. Main Street Salisbury is a dead zone where nobody goes. To buy a property or lease on Main is almost a guarantee for extinction. How many stores and restaurants have chained their doors, put up no trespassing signs, and scooted? 80% over the last 2 years. The turnover rate must be humongous. People elbow each other when they make a wrong turn and drive by.
Somehow the wig stores press on.
Seriously nobody’s buying the craziness that Salisbury’s downtown is vibrant when its obviously croaking.
People are not attracted down there because save for a few restaurants there’s no real attractions to speak of unless you enjoy counting the padlocked vacant store fronts. Its shameful people are hoodwinked by the fantasies of vibrancy created by the Downtown Salisbury ONLY shills. Seriously who in their right mind pays list price for anything unless they are too lazy to shop on the internet or drive to actual shopping places like Mooresville, Huntersville, Concord Mills, Afton Ridge, or Winston?
Who’s next on the Downtown Salisbury extinction list? I don’t believe I’ve ever seen anyone but sales guys in “Skinny Wheels” who sell pricey Cannondale bikes at list prices. Good luck! Most people I know buy their bikes at chain bike stores or on the net from Amazon.com whose prices and free shipping absolutely CRUSH independent bike stores. Skinny Wheels might survive or thrive in Mooresville or Huntersville where people have much more spendable income and actually ride bikes. In Salisbury you might get dragged off your bike over near Brenner and become a human sacrifice.
They need to rethink business for Main Street. Since they seem unwilling or unable to attract boutique chain stores, they need to get inventive in a hurry because all of Salisbury is slipping away fast. Maybe they should get Expressions to relocate on Main. Bongs are big time in the Bury. They need to rope some gun stores on Main–there’s a crying need for that. How about a store called: “Home Invasion”. You could sell kits for surviving a 5 man terrorist attack over in the West End. Fill a need cause a stampede!
The list of stores shutting down on Main Street is an endless. Penny Pinchers, Foremz, Gray Shores, Tastebuds,–on and on. No wonder these people were once pleading for 329 S. Main to be the Central Office. They needed those 5 customers. Sad really sad. Not even extreme traffic calming will funnel anyone down there. Parking? Nowhere to be found.
http://rowanfreepress.com/2013/08/18/hard-times-on-salisburys-main-street-closings-multiply/
