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The Duty To Spend?

What do localism, community, Main Street, and neighborhood really mean?

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Addison Del Mastro
Jul 25, 2024
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Last week I wrote about how during and since the pandemic, I’ve gotten a lot better at cooking, and that now eating out at restaurants is less fun than it used to be. I want it to be fun, but I’m too aware of how mediocre a lot of restaurant food is now to enjoy the whole experience as much, especially with inflation. (I remember my grandmother talking …

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