A little further a field, but still relevant

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

I noticed walking home from Porter Square yesterday that Roach's is going out of business. Most everything in the store is 30% off. Not sure when their last day will be, but I'm pretty bummed out.

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[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

The website just says they are losing their lease, with no end date mentioned.

Now where will we go when the zombie apocalypse starts?

This is really sad, actually. I was hoping their very hipster tshirts in the window would keep the place going.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

That's too bad. They occasionally sold some mediocre cheap ammo, but I liked having some kind of gun store nearby.

[ocschwar.livejournal.com]

Leather holsters made from free range cows. Where will I get those now?

[magid.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! They're great for camping things at reasonable prices.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Well, crap :(

[frotz.livejournal.com]

I don't know that they had a problem keeping things going per se, but the new property owner apparently wants to do something else with the space so out they go.

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

yeah, what I heard is that that the new owner wants to double their rent, and that wasn't realistic for them. I suppose there will be some high end, hipster something going in instead...

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

It tells you what a great marketing strategy they had that I had to read the comments to even figure out where this place was.

It does stink that they're being forced out due to a contractual issue, though. That seems to be happening a lot lately.