remark uncalled for....it was a business.....regardless of size of what they  were selling.....need more of these and they can be successful..

what is this town too good to have second=hand stores.....????.......not all of us can afford top notch retail.....

The used baby clothes store in Upper Union reportedly does good business, though I never see the customers. There is a market for that kind of thing, evidently. Hey, if it pays taxes...

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remark uncalled for....it was a business.....regardless of size of what they  were selling.....need more of these and they can be successful..

what is this town too good to have second=hand stores.....????.......not all of us can afford top notch retail.....

it wasn't directed at the business...it was a social comment...kinda like the dollar stores popping up all over.....
walmart on altamont is like a 3rd world flea market and the dollar stores and thrift shops(of which I do like) popping up
all over have SET THE BAR.

sorry....but having money these days is difficult....the dollar store in the Hannaford plaza has food.....in a coller.....and some of the items are

name brand.....see lots of people in there buying ......

Mom and Pop stores were the essence of business back in the day.

You know, Patches, that used to be the way the various immigrant groups 'came up', if they couldn't work someplace like GE they started their own small businesses in their own neighborhoods. It's different today, if you go places like central State Street, there are some small businesses struggling, but I think unfortunately they are often "fronts" and that's why they are so junky. It would be really hard to run a legit small market or whatever in a high crime area. Plus the awful taxes.

ok...but where is the American dream...for Americans.....seems that we are overrun with immigrants and convenient stores....

that why foreigners love America - tax avoidance

had a chance to for an international firm in southern China  - if I left china for 31 days and didnt return to the US I could have been raking in the $$$$ due to no taxes  - that loophole has since closed

most countries allow for dual citizenship which makes the tax free thing easier

I just loving paying county/state taxes to support those from other countries trying to figure it out for free

our leaders are fools for letting this go on  - and on

the government needs taxes to wage war to keep the economy going to wage war to be on top to keep the economy going to
wage war to have sanctions to keep the economy going to wage war to collect taxes

Across from the firehouse the shelving and interior systems business has a going out of business sale sign.

It's at the corner of Parklawn.

Wow more space for a turning lane  curbs and a sidewalk

I was driving around the Altamont Avenue area and other parts of Rotterdam the other day and I noticed an unusually high number of the do-it-yourself type FOR RENT signs, the red-and-white ones you stick in the ground. An awful lot of smaller commercial spaces are empty right now.

Schenectady it is happening here

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Schenectady it is happening here

yup!!!!!

Quoted from Patches

remark uncalled for....it was a business.....regardless of size of what they  were selling.....need more of these and they can be successful..

what is this town too good to have second=hand stores.....????.......not all of us can afford top notch retail.....

I'm sorry, I"m just pointing out that these kind of small businesses have a high failure rate.  We stopped there to try to buy stuff a few times, but ultimately knew we could find things much cheaper buying them on craigslist or whatnot.

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not all of us can afford top notch retail.....

can you please tell me exactly where in ROTTENdam is a 'top notch' retail business?????