Can you believe what Innisfree Bookshop did to my 13 yr.old?

fatlazyless · 12-28-2008, 09:57 AM

It's been a while since I've been to the Innisfree, but I recall it to be a large, brightly lighted, and very well stocked book, cd, and accessories store.

Hey, if you walk around Meredith, what you'll see is that the locally owned independant businesses get replaced by the chains.

Right here in small town Meredith NH, we have Dunkin Donuts, Olympia Sports, McDonalds, Aubuchon Hardware, Hannaford's, Meredith Village Savings, Irving Gasoline, Cumberland Farms, Laconia Harley Davidson, Middleton Lumber, Loverly Volvo, and four, white & green waterfront hotels & a Mobil gas. All multi-store chains that want to do business in Meredith due to its high traffic, routes 3 & routes 25, up-front, high visibility, commercial location.

It used to be you'd have a store like the Meredith Center store which was food-gasoline-mail, and everything else that could sell, but not any more, at least not in Meredith.

Innisfree is an independant, one of a kind store that does a terrific job and a much better shopping experience than the chain bookstores.

12-28-2008, 09:57 AM	#39
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,766 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,017 Times in 740 Posts	It's been a while since I've been to the Innisfree, but I recall it to be a large, brightly lighted, and very well stocked book, cd, and accessories store. Hey, if you walk around Meredith, what you'll see is that the locally owned independant businesses get replaced by the chains. Right here in small town Meredith NH, we have Dunkin Donuts, Olympia Sports, McDonalds, Aubuchon Hardware, Hannaford's, Meredith Village Savings, Irving Gasoline, Cumberland Farms, Laconia Harley Davidson, Middleton Lumber, Loverly Volvo, and four, white & green waterfront hotels & a Mobil gas. All multi-store chains that want to do business in Meredith due to its high traffic, routes 3 & routes 25, up-front, high visibility, commercial location. It used to be you'd have a store like the Meredith Center store which was food-gasoline-mail, and everything else that could sell, but not any more, at least not in Meredith. Innisfree is an independant, one of a kind store that does a terrific job and a much better shopping experience than the chain bookstores. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!