Chris Pickle
Well-known member
I live in a pedestrian scaled city, downtown. I think the problem with brick and mortar is partly a sprawl problem. I am happy to walk a few blocks to the photo store, or a few blocks to Future Shop. Many small indy stores survive here simply by being somewhere people like to walk. If I lived in suburban sprawl that pleasant bit of exercise and possibly social interaction would become an awful drive through a strip mall crudscape.
It is not healthy for people to be stuck in their houses with no public places, and stores are among public spaces.
Montreal is one of the greatest cities in North America! I wish I could live there. Except maybe not Dec to March.