the smedley log - suburban scrawl

Buying local

America’s Hometown is where I first caught word of “Buy Local Philly Month.”

Novel approach. It seems instead of simply bashing certain large and impersonal chain stores, they’ve decided to focus on promoting locally-based businesses. Apparently, when you spend your money at locally-owned stores, more of that money goes back into the local economy—who’d have thought?

So in the spirit of May being “Buy Local Philly Month,” I’m going to try not to mention a certain evil retail giant for at least a week or two.

This is the first I’ve heard of this, but it sounds pretty cool. I’m pretty much a local guy anyway, so anything to get the word out.

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