08-01-2019, 10:33 AM
(08-01-2019, 09:32 AM)beechnut79 Wrote: Thought it would be interesting for all of you to think about some things out of the past you might like to see a comeback in. Perhaps it's the hula hoop, some type of short-lived fashion or food craze, anything nostalgic is fair game. I shall begin by giving two things I would like to see come back into vogue; rooming houses and dance halls. The former as an antidote to the barbaric cost of housing in many areas; the latter as an antidote to the extremely uptight world we have become.
In a way, both have returned in slightly different form. The rooming house is no longer viable (mostly due to legal constraints on the practice -- zoning being the most unshakable), but shared accommodations have made a small splash in areas with very high housing costs. It's more akin to college housing than a rooming house, but the idea is similar. and today's dance halls are every bar with a bandstand or a DJ and a dance floor.
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