Little niche grocery markets aside, it's frustrating that whole areas of commerce are no longer viable for ma and pa. I read The Great A&P and the Struggle for

Little niche grocery markets aside, it's frustrating that whole areas of commerce are no longer viable for ma and pa. I read The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America which lays out how big players came to dominate this industry (in fact my great grandfather owned one of these neighborhood grocery stores that A&P apparently put out of business). Speaking of ma & pa, I remember when ma & pa could buy a color Xerox machines, rent a small retail space and they were suddenly in the copy business. Or when ma & pa could rent a small retail space, buy a bunch of VHS tapes, and were in the video rental business. Looks like restaurants and nail salons are most of what has been left for us.