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I live in the sleepy section of a large metropolitan city. We are fortunate enough to have an old school, independent and worker-owned meat market a block from our house in a residential area. It's been there since 1963 and was grandfathered in during the zoning changes that have taken place over the years.
My dad loses his mind when he sees I buy my meat from there because it's "so expensive". Sadly, he just doesn't understand the exact point that the OP is putting across here.
Plus as a bonus, their meat is much higher quality than the grocery store.
It's the Walmart mentality. Sadly, it rules America. People want the most stuff for the least money, and don't care what the real cost is. It's why pretty much everything is made in China or by child labor in places like Guatemala.
We bought a quarter cow last fall, grass fed/grass finished. The best ground beef I’ve ever had 👌
Right? ALL of the meat at my local meat market comes from a small independent farm in the northwest corner of the state and it's absolutely delicious.
Bonus: The people that work there are wonderful and they gave my son his first job while he was in high school. I'll happily pay a little extra for better product and to support good people.
Friend of mine was living on SF during the 1989 earthquake. She had actually been on her way to the ATM and the store to pick up a couple of things when it happened. Power was out for awhile and she had no cash. She didn't have a credit card at the time. The mom and pop store at the corner took her check when the big stores were not. She patronized them for years afterwards, even though they were more expensive, solely because of that.