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The term Potemkin village springs to mind. It's used to showcase a "pristine" version of a town to others, for media and PR purposes. While the reality is often
by politelemon 5y ago
The term Potemkin village springs to mind. It's used to showcase a "pristine" version of a town to others, for media and PR purposes. While the reality is often something else not reflected here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village
- kelseyfrog 5y agoThat's how I describe it too: Potemkin Retail. The elders don't like the other comparisons that we make to being lucky that there are at least bread lines. That means the store has bread that day.