New and Old #278

Re-legalizing corner stores, saving Japan's old homes, "Abundance" outside the big cities, and lines as places

We Made the Corner Store Illegal. Here’s the Bill to Fix It., On the Lege, Samuel Hooper, August 11, 2026

Walk through the oldest parts of almost any American city and you can still see the evidence — the odd storefront embedded in a block of houses, usually grandfathered in decades ago, and often the most beloved building on the street. Or if not an active storefron…