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Resurrecting a Village by Buying Up Main Street
- geuis 16y agoPlease stop linking to stories on sites with random pay/registration walls. 90% of the time I can't get to linked nytimes stories. If no one links to them, they might take a hint and start opening up. I don't care if its free or not, I'm not registering for yet another account just to read some random article.
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- randall 16y agoPro tip: Get by the registration / paywall by searching for the article's headline on Google.
- bryanlarsen 16y agoThat doesn't work for multi-page articles like this one, though.
- tomjen3 16y agoYou know you can just open the link in incognito mode right?
- sixtofour 16y agoAnother point of view: If lots of registered people link to interesting NYT stories, it might a) entice more people to register, and b) encourage NYT to continue the service. There's nothing wrong with the service, it's just something that you personally don't care for. It's lima beans for me; can't stand the little things.
- cabalamat 16y agoUse BugMeNot.
- ctkrohn 16y agoI went to school at Cornell, which isn't too far from the town in the article. There are dozens of other towns like this in central New York, and the larger cities like Rochester, Syracuse, Binghamton, and Elmira aren't doing that well either. It's great to see someone trying to stop what feels like inevitable decline. EDIT: It's also nice to see him running it as a business, rather than a creepy charity case as happened in Aurora, NY: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora,_Cayuga_County,_New_York#Changes_since_2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora,_Cayuga_County,_New_York...
- rokali 16y agoI'm the founder / CEO of Etsy, and I'm good friends with Greg, the fella behind the Mt Morris project. He's an amazing guy. He's well over 6 feet tall, wears overalls every day, and does most of his business from his pickup truck. I've learned more about business & integrity from folks like him than anyone else.
- teyc 16y agoThis is what true creation of value is like. The regentrification of old abandoned places. These streets have a lot of appeal and make a beautiful livable town. What I like in particular is these places were built in the days when things were built for walkability. I wish him well, because his success will lead to more of these.
- T_S_ 16y agoCreating and benefitting from positive externalities. Good strategy to keep in mind.
- StudyAnimal 16y agoWhat's with leaving the lights on overnight? Isn't that environmentally unfriendly or something?
- jackvalentine 16y agoI conceive that it might be for ambiance purposes. Main street looks more attractive to people coming out at night to go to the restaraunt or similar if it is lit up.
- IgorPartola 16y agoI don't know the motivation behind it, but I know that well lit areas are less likely to be vandalized. No it isn't environmentally friendly, but the alternative is muggings, larceny, assaults, etc.