On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 23:07, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The same can be said for a pub, restaurant, etc. > They are all commercial enterprises, if they did not make money they > would not exist. > There 'service' to the community is there to help them make money. >
Mostly, but not always true of pubs. In my area village pubs close and never re-open. Except, in a few cases, the local community chips in and buys the pub to run it for the benefit of the community.. Here's an article for an attempt to make a pub a couple of miles from me into a community pub: https://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/news/17500848.st-dogmaels-residents-looking-to-run-white-hart-inn-as-a-community-pub/ Then there are (in the UK) Miners' Welfares and Working Men's Clubs which are more amenity than commercial organization selling alcohol. Many pubs have some form of gaming available (snooker, pool, or darts). In any case, a pub is an amenity in the way that a supermarket is not. You don't go to a supermarket to spend hours chatting with your friends (unless you're one of the several idiots who use the same supermarket I do), but you do use a pub for that place, making it a place of leisure. I'd argue that pubs are better placed under amenity than shop. Restaurants are a tougher call, because they are often used for social occasions rather than just feeding stations. -- Paul
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