Comments on: What Is Main Street Anyway?

By: paulbjaylee

paulbjaylee — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:02:34 +0000

I think its fun to see a Firewall personified as a laser-toting hero. But the real reason that I was prompted to write about this was the comic viewer itself. Its a fidelity 401k light-weight framework allowing the content to be the star, but I think its a good example

By: LindaBusiness

LindaBusiness — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:12:58 +0000

Aggy – what a small world! My older daughter, with her husband and 1 1/2 year old son live in Chico. Kim graduated from Chico State and my son-in-law works for Raley’s. They love it! I agree about their downtown..in fact, I’m travelling up there is weekend because the downtown is having a sidewalk sale event and this is, indeed, one town where you can browse all day in and out of small shops. My favorite is the root beer shop…every kind and brand. Yep, maybe Chico has managed to keep a very real, literal, Main Street.

By: Aggy

Aggy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:47:57 +0000

Main Street still exists in our exuberant little town of Chico, that’s not so little anymore. Chico, California is known as the home of California State University Chico and Bidwell Park. It is also home to around 80,000 residents, making it a rather large small town. Yet, somehow we’ve managed to keep that “small-town feel” alive in this thriving college town. Chico is home to an economy thriving almost solely on small, privately-owned, local businesses. Our Main Street is full of awesome boutiques, specialty retail stores, and some of the best restaurants and eateries in the North State. We are privileged to have so many graduates from the business programs (and others) at Chico State making a home in our small town and practicing what they’ve learned by branding and marketing our local businesses. It’s a wonderful place to visit and an even better place to live. The weather is perfect, our tree-lined streets are picturesque, and it is the perfect location for entrepreneurs to try their hand at owning and operating their own business. Regardless of constant growth and expansion into the open territories surrounding Chico, we’ve maintained that small-town appeal for years and years. Interested in small town living? Come see what you’re missing!

By: LindaBusiness

LindaBusiness — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:06:52 +0000

Just got back from a 2-week vacation and no where did I find a “main street.” I think Main Street is and always was a state-of-mind. Main Street was that place where you found the essentials: post office, bank, pharmacy, grocer, auto repair shop…the essentials of commerce. That is just not possible in most communities anymore. In fact, the mega-stores like Wal-Mart try to encompass all those entities under their massive roofs leaving no room for the small shop. I’m finding more of a Main Street feel to the internet in fact. I can “Google” something and get to cruise up and down Main Street until I find just the shop I want.

By: Dallon Christensen

Dallon Christensen — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:28:13 +0000

Great post about the new definition of Main Street.

Without question, Main Street is a state of mind. It’s the state of mind for those of us who are working and raising our families in everyday American towns. While “Wall Street” is more of a physical location, it is also more of a symbol for a certain type of people.

This Main Streeter certainly is shaking his head over how the greed and perceived invincibility of those on Wall Street contributed so much to what we are facing today. Perhaps those on Wall Street can use some more of the common sense and dose of reality that permeates many Main Streets.

We need both Wall Street and Main Street to thrive to have a healthy economy. This means everyone needs to take another look at how their own actions can ultimately impact everyone else. If we have learned that from this sad situation, then perhaps some good will come out of the mortgage mess.

By: L

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:24:51 +0000

Main Street is the part of America that politicians love to talk about, but consistently either ignore or legislate against when they get into office. (Of the two, I prefer being ignored.)

The fact is that entrepreneurial firms are now over 50% of the GDP, and have created about 78% of all new jobs every single year for the past twenty years.
http://www.drjeffcornwall.com/2007/10/growing-firms-in-the-entrepren.html

It’s frustrating.

By: Cynthia Maniglia

Cynthia Maniglia — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:14:53 +0000

Your question: “In the context of the small business world, what is Main Street anyway?”
My answer: “A nice catch phrase that sort of spells out, ‘Everyday places. Where you live and shop.’ In some towns, there still is a main street – a quaint, throw-back to yesteryear when there was a popular street in each little town where all the good barbers, restaurants, dime stores, soda shops, etc. were. It’s where the Mom and Pop stores of yore flourished. It’s become an iconic phrase in the vernacular”
Your question: “Is Main Street the antithesis of Wall Street?
My answer: “It’s supposed to be an extension of Wall Street, but the political rhetoric is using it as such.”
Your question: “Are Sarah Palin and Joe Biden Mainstreeters?”
My answer: “Palin is posing as such. Not so sure about Biden. He’s more … polished He’s Mall Street!”
Your question: “Does Wal-Mart build on Main Street?”
My answer: “They tore down Main Street and stuck it inside their gigantic warehouse they call a store. Got rid of the street …!”

Come to think of it, I prefer “Mall Street!”

By: PizzaForADream

PizzaForADream — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:56:23 +0000

No doubt about Main Street being a mindset. It represents 99% of America who is struggling everyday to just keep up. To get out of debt. To put food on the table. To achieve the “American Dream.” I’m main street through and through and wouldn’t be caught dead on Wall Street, New York, or LA (no offense to those there) as many of these folks have no concept of the world out here in “flyover country.”